List your main research topic area. Describe the topic area and give your main research question(s). List the first article as an APA reference (e.g., White, P. H., Kjelgaard, M. M., & Harkins, S. G. (1995). Testing the contribution of self-evaluation to goal-setting. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 69-79.). Remember to use the Purdue Online Writing Lab (https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/research_and_citation\/apa_style\/apa_style_introduction.html) as a guide. This is what will be used for grading. Note: Do not use the citation machine on OWL itself if there is one listed. Read the material and follow the instructions for your citations and references. Everything for proper APA references will be required, except for indentations. I would not assume that if you copy & paste something from a faculty member\u2019s website, the library, etc., that it will be in APA style automatically. Summarize what you see as the main thesis or research question being explored in the article (what are the authors trying to show or test overall?). NOTE: If the article has more than one experiment\/study, do the next 3 components for the first experiment\/study only. Summarize the methods used in the article: Major characteristics of the participants (i.e., how many, ages\/ethnicity (indicate if not listed), how recruited), the independent & dependent variables (how were they operationalized), & other things of note from the methods. Summarize the results of the article. What did they find, include whether their hypotheses were supported by the results. Summarize the conclusions of the article. What implications do they have for the research question? Were they able to answer it, how or how not? Do you agree or not with the authors’ conclusions or “take-home” point? List the second article as an APA reference. Summarize what you see as the main thesis or research question being explored in the article (what are the authors trying to show or test overall?). NOTE: If the article has more than one experiment\/study, do the next 3 components for the first experiment\/study only. Summarize the methods used in the article: Major characteristics of the participants (i.e., how many, ages\/ethnicity (indicate if not listed), how recruited), the independent & dependent variables (how were they operationalized), & other things of note from the methods. Summarize the results of the article. What did they find, include whether their hypotheses were supported by the results. Summarize the conclusions of the article. What implications do they have for the research question? Were they able to answer it, how or how not? Do you agree or not with the authors’ conclusions or “take-home” point? List the third article as an APA reference. Summarize what you see as the main thesis or research question being explored in the article (what are the authors trying to show or test overall?). NOTE: If the article has more than one experiment\/study, do the next 3 components for the first experiment\/study only. 14. Summarize the methods used in the article: Major characteristics of the participants (i.e., how many, ages\/ethnicity (indicate if not listed), how recruited), the independent & dependent variables (how were they operationalized), & other things of note from the methods. 15. Summarize the results of the article. What did they find, include whether their hypotheses were supported by the results. 16. Summarize the conclusions of the article. What implications do they have for the research question? Were they able to answer it, how or how not? Do you agree or not with the authors’ conclusions or “take-home” point? 17. Looking over the articles & summaries, do you see a pattern in the research questions? If so, what is it? If not, why do you think there is not one? 18. Looking over the articles & summaries, do you see a pattern in the results? If so, what is it & why? If not, are there differences in methodologies that may be the reason (e.g., different testing tools, populations being investigated)? 19. Looking over the articles & summaries, what do you see as the most interesting take-home points from the research? 20. Looking over the articles & summaries, what questions are left to be answered in this topic area? NOTE: Do not forget to number the components (.5 off if not done). If turned in late, there will be a 20% penalty of the points per day (including weekends) for the assignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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