Assignment Task:
Review: Manipulations of Emotional Context Shape Moral Judgment
Here are some general guidelines for you to read a research article:
Remember the structure of a psychological article, and how each section is different: Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, References, and Appendix.
Skim the article: Briefly skimming the materials can help you be familiar with the topic and information included in the article. With the anticipation of article structure and topic, you will read the article more efficiently and comprehend more later on.
Take notes as you read the article: Next, you should carefully read through each section and make notes. Write down any questions or criticisms so you do not forget them. Underline key points/definitions, mark down important data and results, go back to the start and look up the information that you missed, and discuss with your group. Such efforts can help you the first time you read an article.
Identify key information: Here are the key pieces of information to look for:
What are the main hypotheses?
What is/are independent variable(s)? What is/are dependent variable(s)?
How did researchers recruit their participants? Identify participants' demographic information and data collection procedure.
What materials did researchers utilize to measure the hypotheses? Identify the apparatus and measurements.
What are the key findings/results of the study?
Do the findings justify authors' conclusions?
Next semester, you will also have to: Note the other sources that the work cited in the introduction and discussion sections (you can skip this step for current discussion assignment): References section may be ignored but it is actually one of the most important parts in an article, especially when you are looking for references/sources for your own further studies. Spending some time to review it can help you find some research articles/topics in which you are interested. You will learn all about this in Methods II!
For this assignment, I have chosen a research article for you to read. Read the article posted below and answer the following questions.
1. What design did this study use? (Experimental or Correlational). Explain how you know (this should be fairly apparent from the title of the article, so please also explain why this is an experimental study). Need Assignment Help?
2. What is/are independent variable(s)? (Specify the levels). Note: there may be more than one IV, or there may be just one. Try to spot them all!
3. What is/are dependent variable(s)? (List all dependent variables authors measured)
4. How many participants were in the study? What methods (e.g., survey, computer, equipment, etc.) did authors utilize to measure variables? How did they manipulate the IV? How did they measure the DVs?
5. What are the findings of the study?
6. Now you are going to write a one paragraph summary of the article you read where you describe the following elements:
a) The design the authors used for their project,
b) Identify the independent and dependent variables,
c) Talk about how the authors carried out their study (the methods; including the participants, how they manipulated the IV, how they measured the DV, and how they controlled for confounding variables in the study),
d) Summarize the results.
But here's the catch: I want you to write a bad Yup, you read that right, I want you to write a bad work. I want you to write an example of what a work should NOT be.
You may be wondering, "What do you mean by a bad paragraph?" Well, here's where you can get creative. In your work you should:
Incorrectly describe two of the above-mentioned required aspects of the paragraph (items a through d)
Include at least 4 grammatical errors.
You will be sharing this homework with your peers this week, so be prepared to swap work with one of your group members during the discussion assignment! The goal is to give your peers lots of elements to fix, so don't be afraid to be tricky!
a. Write no more than 10 sentences, the max word count is 250.
b. In-text citation and direct quotes are not needed (we will learn how to do that next week!).
c. You cannot directly copy and paste the sentences/phrases from the original article. You must use your own words (paraphrase) to summarize. Each student's writing should and must be different.
d. Font: Times New Roman; Font size: 12.