Part of conducting psychological research is reviewing and understanding published research studies. In this research project, you will choose one of the topics that will be covered in this course (e.g., play, gender roles, moral development, effects of television) and find a research report in a journal (e.g., Adolescence, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Family Therapy, Journal of Marriage and the Family) on the chosen topic. Read the article, and write a report about it. Enclose a copy of the research article with your report. In addition to including the main points of the study, give your personal reactions to the research findings.
1. Can you use the title of the study to identify the independent and dependent variables? (Many titles are in this format: âThe effects of IV on the DVâ)
2. What did you learn from the Introduction section? What is the historical background of the research topic? Which earlier research findings are given as most relevant to this study? What theoretical explanations are emphasized in this section? What is the hypothesis of the present study?
3. What did you learn from the Methods section? Who were the subjects? What procedures (e.g., apparatus, directions, assessment tools) were used?
4. What did you learn from the Results section? What kinds of statistical procedures were used? What did you learn from charts, frequency tables, and bar graphs? What results did the authors say were statistically significant?
5. What did you learn from the Discussion section? How did the authors interpret their results? Did they provide alternative explanations? Did they talk about the limitations of the present research study? What future research studies were suggested?
6. What kinds of ideas did this article make you think about? Can you design a similar study on this topic?
I HAVE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS WITHIN THE PAPER!!
I added a link article journal on parental -adolescents you can use, if you don’t like that research article and want to change just let me know. You can even pick one of the topics in the instructions.
Part of conducting psychological research is reviewing and understanding publish
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