Homework: Information for the Research Paper
You will choose an article from an approved journal and write-up a 1-2 page analysis of the paper. One article analysis equals 1 hour of research credit; you may earn up to 5 credits by writing up to 5 article analyses. You must answer the following questions in the body of your paper:
o What is the topic of the article?
o What kind of research has been done on the topic before the current study?
o What type of research design was used in this study? How do you know?
o Who were the participants in studies? What did they do? Make sure to distinguish between studies.
o What was the independent (manipulated) variable? Make sure to distinguish between studies.
o What was the dependent (measured) variable? Again, make sure to distinguish between studies.
o How did what the researchers manipulated affect what they measured? That is, what were the results of the study (use non-technical language here)?
o What do the results mean?
Do not simply provide a list of the answers but discuss the answers to these questions in the body of your paper along with an overall analysis of the research.
You must select empirical journal articles. The following journals are acceptable:
o American Journal of Psychology
o Behavior Therapy
o Child Development
o Cognition and Emotion
o Cognitive Psychology
o Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
o Developmental Psychology
o Educational Psychology
o Journal of Abnormal Psychology
o Journal of Animal Behavior
o Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
o Journal of Applied Psychology
o Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
o Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
o Journal of Counseling Psychology
o Journal of Educational Psychology
o Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
o Journal of Experimental Psychology
o Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
o Journal of Experimental Psychology: General
o Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory/Learning
o Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
o Journal of Health Psychology
o Journal of Individual Differences
o Journal of Personality
o Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
o Journal of Psychology
o Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
o Journal of Social Behavior and Personality
o Journal of Social Relationships
o Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
o Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior
o Learning and Behavior
o Memory and Cognition
o Perception and Psychophysics
o Perceptual and Motor Skills
o Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
o Professional Psychology
o Psychology and Aging
o Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
o Social Psychology Quarterly
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.