summary should provide a through examination of the purpose of the study, research question(s), methodology, results, and conclusion. You should also provide a brief critical evaluation of the paper. Please refer to the resources below for a worksheet (this gives you guidelines as to what to discuss), tips for reading journal articles, and an example.
The reference must be formatted in full APA style. The summaries should be IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
Absolutely no quotes should be used. Remember, this is a summary; you should not be providing a lot of detail but rather synthesizing what the authors did.
A special note: Reading journal articles is hard. They are designed for an audience that knows something about the topic or methods. As new psychology students, you don’t have that knowledge (that is why you are in school!). So be sure to allow plenty of time to read and understand each paper. Only when you understand the paper will you be able to summarize the paper. Don’t get discouraged; every psychologist started precisely where you are now. The only way to get better at reading empirical journal articles is to practice.
A quality summary will be well formatted, comprehensive, free of spelling/grammar errors, and
accurate. Your summary should be no longer than 2 pages.
Logistics:
Typed, double-spaced, with one-inch margins on the top, sides, and bottom. Left justify (line up on the left side), and do not justify on the right side.
Use Times or Times New Roman font, set at 12
Use correct APA citations within the body
The paper should be no longer than 2 pages in length. Use proper formatting.
Save as a .doc or .docx and submit to Canvas [do not submit a google doc or any other type of document)
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