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Your Learning Objectives: By the end of this assignment you should be able to:
Interpret research findings related to psychological concepts (SLO 1.2)
Evaluate psychological research; Draw logical conclusions from evidence (SLO 2.2)
Draw logical objective conclusions about behavior from empirical evidence (SLO 2.3).
Psychology in the News
STEP 1: Find a popular news article from within the past 10 years that reports on the results of a psychological study. This should not be a blog entry, but a published article from a news source such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek, NPR, CNN, Fox News, etc. A great place to look is the APA’s Psychology news portal (Links to an external site.). Read through the article and ensure that it is descriptive and sufficiently long enough in order to draw conclusions from the original research mentioned.
STEP 2: Go find the ORIGINAL psychological study or studies that are mentioned in the news report. Sometimes those are not freely available online, so you may have to track down the original study through the OSU Library website.Links to an external site. using your ONID account to gain access. You can find these articles within reputable journals, such as the American Journal of Psychology,Links to an external site. Cognitive Psychology,Links to an external site. Emotion,Links to an external site. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,Links to an external site. Journal of Applied Psychology,Links to an external site. Journal of Counseling Psychology,Links to an external site. Journal of Educational Psychology,Links to an external site. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,Links to an external site. and Memory.Links to an external site. Again, the study should have been performed within the past 10 years.
STEP 3: Write a paper between 300-500 words that
describes and summarizes both articles (SLO 1.2)
examines if the news article accurately describes the research (SLO 2.2)
evaluate the study (was it done well as far as you can tell) and the conclusions (did the author correctly interpret the findings? SLO 2.3)
4. includes correct APA citations (both in-text and at end) for both articles. Use the following resources: APA Citations (General Guidelines)