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You will find two article using APA PsycInfo on the psychology topic you chose. Then create an Article Dissection Worksheet for both article. You will then write a three page paper (using APA format) that reviews the two articles. Questions to think about are: 1) What does prior research tell us about your topic?; 2) What did your two articles find?; 3) Why are the findings important? What would be the “take away” of the combined results?
PART ONE ARTICLE DISSECTION.
Article Citation (in APA Style):
INTRODUCTION (4-6 sentences):
Discuss the purpose of the study. What was the reason the researchers want to do this study?
What question(s) did the researcher seek to answer? What other information was included to
support the researchers’ ideas?
METHOD (4-6 sentences):
Describe the participants. Who participated in this study? What did the researchers ask the
participants to do?
RESULTS (4-6 sentences):
What did the researchers find? Better yet, what was the answer to the research question(s)?
What else did the researchers find that may be important?
DISCUSSION AND SO WHAT FACTOR (4-6 sentences):
What were some strengths of this article? What were some weaknesses? In your own words,
how can we use this information? What value does it have? **this section is your opinion so
you can use personal pronouns**
PART 2 RESEARCH COURSE JOURNAL
1. What have you learned while searching for this dissection research?
2. Why have you learned what you have learned
3. How you will apply what you have learned to your life.
PART 3 LITERATURE REVIEW
You will then write a three page paper (using APA format) that reviews the two articles. Questions to think about are:
1) What does prior research tell us about your topic?;
2) What did your two articles find?;
3) Why are the findings important? What would be the “take away” of the combined results?

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Approximately 250 words