American Psychology Association Website and Journal Subject list

American Psychology Association APA

Click on any journal and open it. Click on read sample or selected articles.  If the journal contains these articles they are free downloads.

After selecting your journal article, use the questions from Becoming Acquainted with Psychological Research to complete the journal review project. Your report will consist of typing in the questions and the answers to them.  Your report wll be a minimum of 3 full pages and no more than 4 pages.

Becoming Acquainted with Psychological Research

1. What is the name of your journal?

2. For whom does it seem to have been written? For example, is it directed toward a special kind of psychologist? Does it include articles that would be of interest to educators or others outside the field of academic psychology? If so, list several titles.

3. Choose a representative research article whose title interests you.? Write the name of its title and briefly explain why it interests you.

4. How long is the article?

5. List the major sections of the article as defined by the heads.

6. Does the author state the hypothesis of the research study? Write the hypothesis in the author’s words.

7. Write the hypothesis in your own words.

8. Who made up the study population?

9. Does the article contain a section on the method used in conducting the study? Describe the method.

STOP HERE: IF YOUR ARTICLE DOES NOT HAVE A SECTION ON THE METHODS DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER. ?YOU NEED TO DO ANOTHER SEARCH FOR AN ARTICLE INVOLVING EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

10. Which of the methods of scientific research described in your psychology textbook under Research Methods is used?

11. Is there a discussion of the significance of results?

12. Summarize the significance of the results in your own words.

13. What conclusions are reached in your article?

14. What is your reaction to the research article? For example, were there sections that you found difficult to understand? Were there sections that seemed very scientific? Are you convinced of the conclusions? Why or why not?

15. Summarize the article in your own words.? How did it benefit you and how might it benefit us if we were to read it?

THE ARTICLE MUST BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND NOTHING COPIED FROM THE ARTICLE. DO NOT USE ANY TECHNICAL LANGUAGE IN YOUR REPORT. MAKE IT SIMPLE; SO SIMPLE THAT YOUR BEST FRIEND CAN READ YOUR REPORT AND UNDERSTAND IT!!!