Literature Review Paper

Your paper topic must be on a Psychology Topic.

I WILL SEND YOU THE ARTICLE I CHOSE LATER TODAY.
Do not use Google, Yahoo, or another type of search engine, as it will not give you the correct/necessary information for this paper You want the entire full text article. Not the abstract.

this is a summary of the article you have chosen to read. It should contain an introduction paragraph and a conclusion

It should be well written in complete grammatically correct sentences without spelling and grammar errors. Please proof read your papers before submitting them in. Please use the guidelines on the second page for what information should be included in your paper which should be written in paragraph form.

Do Not Plagiarize

Sections That Must Be Included in your Paper:

Title Page
Title/Topic
Name
College
Introduction
Statement of the problem
Rationale and Purpose of the study
– Theoretical Background- it is based on a certain theory, if yes, explain
Specific Hypothesis/Hypotheses
Methods:
Participants-
Who are they (gender, age, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status)?
How many participants were used?
Was it a random sample?
What was the population?
Overview of the research design
What are the factors/variables?
Where was the study conducted?
Measures and procedures
Describe what the procedure was and how the researchers collected the data.
Results:
What are the results?
What are the major findings?
Did the results prove or disconfirm the hypotheses?
Discussion
Major strengths of the study/article.
Limitations/Weaknesses of the study- what are the shortcomings?
If you or the researchers had to do the experiment again what would you/they do differently?
How has this study impacted the field of Psychology?
What unanswered questions come to mind when reading this article?
Is there any social policy implications