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The document is a writing assignment for a psychology course focused on empirical article literacy. It requires students to select an article, fill in specific information, and summarize key components in their own words without using AI. The assignment includes sections on search process, general article information, and a PsycInfo search for a related article.

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Writing Assignment Fall 2024

The document is a writing assignment for a psychology course focused on empirical article literacy. It requires students to select an article, fill in specific information, and summarize key components in their own words without using AI. The assignment includes sections on search process, general article information, and a PsycInfo search for a related article.

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PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Writing Assignment: Empirical Article Literacy


Download this document and fill it in with the information from your chosen
article (you just need to select one of the four articles that is posted in the
assignment folder under Content). Part 1-A is the only part that you can copy
straight from the article, for every other question you must put the information in
your own words. Using AI is not permitted.

Name:
Date:

PART 1

A. Search Process (8 pts):

1. Article Title (.5 pt):

2. Article Authors (.5 pt):

3. Journal Title (.5 pt):

4. Volume number (.5 pt):

5. Page Numbers (.5 pt):

6. DOI (.5 pt):

7. Full APA Citation (3 pt):

8. Is this paper an empirical paper? Describe how you know (2 pts).


PSY 200; Spring 2025p2

B. General Article Information (42 pts):

1) What is the purpose of an abstract (4 pts)?

2) Name the 4 sections that are typically part of an APA-style empirical article (as described
in “How to read a research article”). Does your study have all four sections? If not, which
are missing (4 pts)?

3) Briefly describe the purpose of the study. What is the general question (s) or issue (s)
being investigated? (4 pts)?

4) Restate the hypotheses for this study. What section did you find this information (4 pts)?

5) How many people took part in this study? What section did you find this information (4
pts)?

6) Describe the general demographics for the sample (e.g., age, race, income). What section
did you find this information (4 pts)?

7) Briefly describe what the participants in the study had to do. What section did you find
this information (4 pts)?
PSY 200; Spring 2025p3

8) Briefly describe what the main finding (s) of the study. What section did you find this
information (4 pts)?

9) Were the authors’ hypotheses supported or not (4 pts; this can not just be yes or no, you
must explain why)?

10) What should the authors investigate next? What question did the results raise for you? Is
there another variable they could examine? (e.g., would the results differ if the race or
gender of the participants was controlled? What about if the results were collected at a
different time of day? Or if the experimenter was meaner or nicer to the participants?
These are just examples! Think of something that applies to the experiment). (6 pts)

C. PsycInfo Search (8 pts):


Using PsycInfo, find another article that is on a similar topic to what the article you chose is on.
Then….

1) type out the full APA style reference for the new article you found. (3 pts)

2) In a few sentences, explain why the article is similar to the topic of your chosen article. (5 pts)

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