An Evaluation of Science Reporting Discussion

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Assignment: Research in Psychology

Psychology in the News

STEP 1: Find a popular news article from within the last 12 months that reports on the results of a psychological study related to life span and this course. This should not be a blog entry, but a published article from a news source such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek, NPR, CNN, Fox News, etc. A great place to look is the APA’s Psychology news portal: http://www.apa.org/news/psycport/ (Links to an external site.). Read through the article and ensure that it is descriptive and sufficiently long enough in order to draw conclusions from the original research mentioned.

STEP 2: Go find the psychological study or studies that are mentioned in the news report. Sometimes those are not freely available online, so you may have to track down the original study through your library’s website. You can find these articles within reputable journals, such as the American Journal of Psychology (Links to an external site.), Cognitive Psychology (Links to an external site.), Emotion (Links to an external site.), Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Links to an external site.), Journal of Applied Psychology (Links to an external site.), Journal of Counseling Psychology (Links to an external site.), Journal of Educational Psychology (Links to an external site.), Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Links to an external site.), and Memory (Links to an external site.).

STEP 3: Write at least 4 paragraphs on the following:

  • describe and summarize the study
  • examine if the news article accurately describes the research article you located
  • state how this study relates to Life Span, how it may related to your life, and how it enhances your personal learning
Criteria Ratings Points
Finds appropriate research article and writes summary Finds a detailed and relevant peer-reviewed article on a psychological topic, and provides a coherent summary of the article. Does not provide enough detail in the summary or does not find an appropriate journal article Poor choice of research article, incomplete summary, or difficult to understand. __/5
Details its relevance to life span and personal life and personal learning Clearly ties topic to course and life and demonstrates critical thinking about personal application Does not make clear link to life span and does not demonstrate detailed critical thinking and personal application in appropriate to life span and no critical thinking _/5
Includes correct APA citations Provides accurate in-text citations AND a reference page for the articles used Does not fully provide accurate in-text citations AND a reference page for the articles used Does not provide accurate in-text citations AND a reference page for the articles used __/5
Total: __/15

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