Psychology is a scientific discipline.

Psychology is a scientific discipline. The knowledge that we have gained and the information written in your textbook have come from psychological research studies. Therefore, it is important that you have familiarity with influential research and theoretical articles in Psychology. You will be reading particular interesting and relatable articles that I have chosen. These articles are located in the Blackboard system in a file called “Review Articles.”

Part I: PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH REVIEW
It is expected that you will read all articles given in the Review Articles file. Summarizing these six articles is the focus on part I of your paper. Your literature review should NOT be in essay format for this portion, and should be typed (single-spaced) on the template below (For each article, cut and paste this template, and then provide your responses). ALL RESPONSES NEED TO BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS—NO QUOTES EITHER…..or points will be deducted!! ☺ For a detailed description of each of the sections in Part I, please see “Explaining Part I below.

TEMPLATE:
1. Author(s) of the Article:
2. Title of the Article:
3. Purpose and/or Hypothesis(es) of the Study:
4. Results of the Study:
5. Method for Testing the Hypothesis(es)
6. Implications for the Results:

Part II: APPLICATION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY / RESEARCH
Prepare written responses to each of the questions below by copying and pasting the questions and