Assignment: Article Critique
This assignment provides you with an opportunity to analyze a real-world, peer-reviewed psychology journal article. You should find an article containing research that examines motivation, emotion, and social psychology.
Once you have chosen your article, you will write an article critique that addresses the following elements.
Explain the research methodology that was used in the study.
Discuss social factors that influence people or groups to conform to the actions of others. Indicate how behaviors and motivation are impacted by the presence of others.
Indicate the structures of the brain that are involved in emotion and motivation.
Examine the article's generalizability to various areas of psychology.
In addition, your article critique should clearly identify the article's premise and present an insightful and thorough analysis with strong arguments and evidence. You should present your own informed and substantiated opinion on the article's content. You must use at least one source in addition to your chosen article to support your analysis and opinion.
Your article critique must be a minimum of two pages in length, not including the title and reference pages. All sources used must be properly cited. Your article critique, including all references, must be formatted in APA style.
Question 1
Do you believe that people's actions are influenced by others? Why, or why not? Offer examples of certain actions or beliefs that you feel are consistent regardless of your social surroundings, and posit why you think they are not affected by social influences.
Article: Between "Rural Youth" and Empire: Social and Emotional Dynamics of Youth Mobilization in the Countryside of Colonial Taiwan under Japan's Total War by SAYAKA CHATANI
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 includes 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.