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Writing Research Reports: Each report (worth 1 unit of research credit) will be based on a scientific

article in a psychology journal that is pre-approved by the instructor unless the article is one cited in our textbook. Each paper should be no more than 2-3 pages in length and will be judged on the basis of clarity, spelling, grammar, and content. You are to summarize and critically evaluate the article by:

– Identifying the purpose of the study (why did the authors conduct this study)

– Stating the hypotheses in the study

– Summarizing in sufficient detail the method used (procedure, materials, and participants)

– Reporting the results from the study and the general conclusions

Empirical articles must be obtained through Google Scholar or PsycINFO. To locate PsycINFO, go to:

OhioLINK

Then, click the following links:

Research Databases

Listed by name, P-Q

Scroll down to PsycINFO 1967- (present)

You can then search by author name and/or title.

 there are going to be two articles, one is the Social Anxiety Disorder and Memory for Positive Feedback which you will be the critiquing, the second one is the article that will help you understand what I am looking for

1. Project 1: Critique an empirical article

All I want you to do is critique the Social Anxiety Disorder and Memory for Positive Feedback article, summary the main point and answer the bulletin point questions.

The critique will be 1-2 pages in length, typed, and double-spaced, 1-inch margins. Please make sure your full name, the class number, and “Article Critique” appear at the top of the page (nothing else). The body of the critique will begin with a summary paragraph of between 5-8 sentences, summarizing the major points of your critique. Below that, you will provide bullet points that address the following:

· What was the major research question or questions the authors were interested in examining?

· What were the independent and dependent variables in the study?

· What kind of research design was used in this study?

· What were major strengths of the research design?

· What were limitations of the research design?

· Describe all threats to internal validity that you can identify.

· Describe all threats to external validity that you can identify.

· Were the conclusions of the study in the Discussion section appropriate given the threats to validity you listed?

· If you were to change one aspect of the design or conduct of this study, what would you change and why?

Things to consider when critiquing the work of others

· Tone: Be respectful, sensitive, and positive where you can. Never demean someone, nor act as if you know all the answers. Avoid all superlatives

· Purpose: Try to understand what the researcher is trying to do. Make specific and clear constructive criticisms and suggestions based on that understanding. Avoid generalities.

· Balance: Put all specific criticisms in the context of an appreciation for the big picture, the overall purpose of the research. Also, make note of strengths and the positive aspects of the study and write-up.

· Rationale: Are you clear from the introduction what the rationale for the study is, and is the rationale logical and clear? If not, why, what is missing?

· Method: Is the method clear, appropriate, and adequate? What are the major potential confounds given these method choices?

· Discussion: Does the author properly explain the results without excessive certainty? Do they clearly sum up the major findings? Are the limitations of the results, given their design decisions, appropriate? Do they suggest future directions and are those directions logical and clear based on the results?

Emotional intelligence and communication are skills that are cultivated over time. Define emotional intelligence and compare your verbal communication from 5 or 10 years ago to how you verbally communicate now. In what ways has your emotional intelligence grown? How has this influenced your communication skills? Explain in your response how the four components of emotional intelligence relate to the growth of your verbal and non-verbal communication. Your response should be a 600-word paper, minimum, with two IWG citations.

Social Awareness is composed of organizational awareness, focus on service, and level of empathy. To improve on organizational awareness, a person must assess the emotional climate in groups and recognize power dynamics. In the same way, the ability to assess others’ needs to play into the focus on service. It is important to take an appropriate level of personal responsibility. All of these attributes are necessary for improving your value in the workforce. When you focus on others more than yourself you are able to adapt yourself to the emotional climate that coworkers produce, hence making effective teamwork possible.

It is reasonable to admit that in four weeks you have been exposed to a great deal of information about the human mind! This assignment will give you the opportunity to examine how the knowledge that you have acquired during the past weeks may tie together. You will explore a phenomenon that interests you, highlight the methodologies used to study it, uncover the results obtained, and assess the validity of the knowledge acquired. These activities will make you aware of the intrinsic relationship between knowledge of specific mental and behavioral phenomena, as well as the limitations of the techniques used to study them. Knowledge in cognitive psychology is largely gathered by means of experiments. Thus, it is important that you become intimately familiar with this data-gathering method. The goal of the assignment is to ensure that you have a good understanding of specific cognitive psychological phenomena as well as experiments that are often used to investigate such phenomena. Abide by the instructions listed below:

• Watch the video, Experimental Research Methods in Psychology (Links to an external site.), on the experimental method.
• Go to the Ashford University Library or Google Scholar and select a peer-reviewed article on a topic of interest among those discussed in our class. If you prefer, you may select an article from the recommended resources.
• Describe the main research questions that the study attempts to answer. Keep in mind that a description of the main question of the study entails an explanation of the importance of the question (i.e., illustrates the gap in the existing literature).
• State the main hypothesis (prediction) made by the researchers.
• Identify the key variables.
• Describe the critical characteristics of both the participants and the procedures used.
• Summarize the main findings. How do these findings answer the question that the researchers formulated in the introductory section of the article?
• Explain the extent to which the findings answer the research question. Do the findings support their research question (or prediction)?
• Illustrate the weaknesses and strengths of the selected study. For instance, ask yourself questions such as the following:
  • Is the technique used to understand the selected phenomenon able to gather adequate information about it?
  • How does this technique compare to other techniques used in cognitive psychology?
  • Do the findings of the selected study generalize to individuals who may be different from those who participated (young versus older adults)?
• Please note that research articles often contain more than one study. Thus, in this assignment, you are given the opportunity to describe each experiment separately or focus on what you believe to be the most significant experiment.

Your paper must begin with an introduction to the selected topic in which you define the research question and all concepts that will be discussed in the paper. For instance, let us assume you select the article by Strayer and Johnston “Driven to Distraction: Dual-Task Studies of Simulated Driving and Conversing on a Cellular Telephone” as the topic of your paper. Then your task is to state the question the researchers want to answer and define the terms attention, divided attention, and distraction.

Your paper requires a brief summary of the content of the selected article according to the guidelines described above. It also requires a conclusion expressing your thoughts about the strengths and weaknesses of the available evidence. If possible, suggest the course that future research should take if the answer to the selected question is less than conclusive.

The Memory Errors in Real Life Paper

• Must be four to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least one peer-reviewed source (the article you chose) in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.