Psy 307

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Over the length of this course, you will be engaged in writing assignments about a psychological disorder of your choice that will help you build pieces of the final project. This will allow you to get feedback from your instructor throughout the course, enabling you to update and improve your work based on that feedback. This approach allows you to submit a polished version of your final project in Module 5. Last week you chose your topic and completed your outline. This week you will begin to write a literature review, gathering information on your selected topic for the final project. You will also create an APA style title page.

Effective Strategies for Literature Reviews

Step 1: Searching the Literature

The most important step in doing the literature review is to consult the relevant databases (e.g., PsychINFO, Academic Search Complete).  Your search will identify many articles.  Based on the abstract of the article, you will be able to decide that many of them are not directly relevant.  Locate and read the articles with abstracts that are promising.

 A good starting place is this NLU research guide for Psychology. This guide centralizes major resources in the field of psychology, including databases for searching journals articles, public websites, and APA style:

Step 2: Writing the Literature Review

Your review should summarize the literature on your topic that you selected in Week 2 for your final project.  Concentrate on synthesizing or integrating some of the literature; that is, point out connections between different concepts, viewpoints, or research paradigms.  You also need to evaluate the literature you discuss.  What are the strengths and weaknesses of specific viewpoints or research paradigms?  How does this recent literature extend our knowledge? What are the needed next steps for the field in developing theory or research in this area?

Instructions:

  • Create an APA style title page for your final project.
  • Complete your own version of this assignment as a worksheet to analyze the literature from six peer-reviewed, academic sources.  Include:  connections between different concepts, viewpoints, or research paradigms. 
  • Here is a template for your APA information to include for each article:Last, F. M., & Last, F. M. (Year Published). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), pages (example: 1-11).
    Article 1
    APA style citation:
    5 main points of Article 1: 
    Theme of Article 1: 
  • Evaluate the literature you discuss.  What are the strengths and weaknesses of specific viewpoints or research paradigms?  How does this recent literature extend our knowledge? What are the needed next steps for the field in developing theory or research in this area?
  • Your assignment should be completed in Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced, with appropriate header, page numbers, one-inch margins, and in APA style. 
  • Please refer to the rubric associated with this assignment for detailed guidance about expectations and grading. 
  • Please submit this assignment through D2L by 11:59 PM Central Time on Sund
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