General Psychology (PSYCH 1113)

Course Guide Introduction

Your current library liaison is Brandi Schur (see contact information to the left).

Assignment Information

Journal Article Analysis/APA

You have a regular Journal Article Analysis/APA assignment for this class.  Some information about your assignment is listed below.  Refer to Blackboard for a complete assignment description.

Objective: With this regular assignment, students will learn to analyze and evaluate research journal articles while also practicing APA formatting. This assignment will help students build many of the skills needed to write formal papers.

Instructions: Complete the following to write a short APA-style paper:

1. Find a research journal article to analyze

a. The topic for the article must come from one of the two chapters most recently completed in class

b. Use APA PsycArticles on the Library website (https://ecok.libguides.com/home) to find the article

c. Use keywords from the textbook to select an article

2. Use the template starting on p. 2 to complete a short APA-style paper that includes:

a. Title Page (5 pts)

b. Article Chart (10 pts)

c. Citations for the article (10 pts)

d. Article Summary (40 pts)

e. Article-Textbook Connection (20 pts)

f. Article Critique (starting mid-semester) (50 pts)

g. Reference Page (15 pts)