The purpose of this alternative assignment is to increase your understanding of how research in psychology can be applied to improve people’s lives. This assignment should take about 3 hours.
1. Identify one peer-reviewed journal article that involves some psychological concept that you found interesting this semester AND that may be used or applied to improve people’s quality of life. Visit this site to learn more about Quality of life and why it matters: https://www.cdc.gov/hrqol/concept.htm.
2. After you select the paper, read it, and write about how the psychological concepts and findings could be applied to improve quality of life. Perhaps the authors make the connection explicitly or you may make the connection based on your analysis.
3. The paper must be based on original empirical research published in a peer-reviewed journal (not a “review” article that summarizes previous research but does not report new research, and not simply commentaries, opinion pieces, websites or articles from the popular sources). If you are unsure if you have found an appropriate article, email me and I can let you know.
4. Provide complete bibliographic citation for the paper following standard APA format. This is not a website URL or link. The bibliographic citation contains the author(s) names, year of publication, article title, journal title, volume, page numbers. It should be in the form: Author, F.L. (year). Article title. Name of Journal, volume, pages. Examples here.
5. Provide a 1-page (approximate) summary of the research including
Why they conducted the research
Research questions or hypotheses
What did they measure (i.e., variables in the study)
What did they find? (i.e., Results)
6. Provide a 1-page (approximate) critical reflection
This is an opportunity to showcase your critical thinking, including synthesis and application of the research with your prior knowledge.
Discuss how the research paper, and psychology in general, could be used to improve quality of life.
This is a formal assignment, but you may use “I” statements in this assignment as appropriate.
7. Paper formatting: Double spaced, 12 point font, page numbered, APA style citations and references on a separate page (page 3).
8. 500 word minimum
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