Assignment:
You will locate two journal articles that use the experimental method and are connected to the topic of your final project.
Final project topic: developmental psychology with the specific topic being skipping breakfast and obesity. This topic is important because we all know that children that eat breakfast perform better academically. However, the questions which will be answered include the kind of effect caused by skipping breakfast have on children? Do children that skip breakfast become more prone to obesity? Moreover, if they are more prone to it what schools can do to keep helping children that do not have access to breakfast?
The articles should not be correlational studies or review articles; you should only find articles that use the experimental method for this assignment. Also, these articles should not have been used in other assignments related to the final project. Next, you will provide a brief answer to the provided questions for each of the articles.
The assignment should follow these formatting guidelines: Use at least two peer - reviewed (scholarly) resource s , 12 - point Times New Roman font, one - inch margins, and citations in APA format. Use the template that follows to set up your document.
Article 1:
[Include an APA - style citation to the article]
1. How were the participants selected? Were the participant's representative of the larger population?
2. How were the participants assigned to groups? Did the groups start out the same? Was there any bias in how the participants were assigned to groups?
3. What did the researchers do to ensure the experimental procedures were equal across the groups? If they di d not ensure the procedures were equal, what should the researchers have done? Did the researchers follow APA ethical guidelines in conducting the research?
4. What were the independent and dependent variables of the experiment?
5. What was the outcome of the experiment?
6. How can you use the results of the research in your final paper?
Article 2:
[Include an APA - style citation to the article]
1. How were the participants selected? Were the participants representative of the larger population?
2. How were the participants assigned to groups? Did the groups start out the same? Was there any bias in how the participants were assigned to groups?
3. What did the researchers do to ensure the experimental procedures were equal across the groups? If they di d not ensure the procedures were equal, what should the researchers have done? Did the researchers follow APA ethical guidelines in conducting the research?
4. What were the independent and dependent variables of the experiment?
5. What was the outcome of the e xperiment?
6. How can you use the results of the research in your final paper?