Assignment: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN POPULAR MEDIA CRITIQUE
Intro to Clinical Psychology.
Students will write a short paper critiquing a summary of psychological research found in popular media.
1. Select a popular media summary of a scientific psychology study. Links to media summaries are located in the Pages section of Canvas.
2. Find the corresponding original study from a professional journal in the Files section of Canvas.
3. Compare the popular summary to the findings in the original study and summarize your findings in a critique. Points you may wish to consider include:
* success at simplifying the original research questions & hypotheses for general audiences
* how adequately the description of participants & procedures was conveyed
* if the strengths and limitations of the study's research design are effectively covered
* how well the major findings of the original study are paraphrased in the popular summary
* whether substantial limitations outlined in the original's conclusions section were addressed in the popular summary
* if the author of the popular summary suggests practical implications of the study, how reasonable are the suggestions?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Article- Emotion: Age-Related Changes in Emotional Behavior: Evidence From a 13-Year Longitudinal Study of Long-Term Married Couples by Alice Verstaen, Claudia M. Haase, Sandy J. Lwi, and Robert W. Levenson.