Research Paper, Psychology: Knowledge and Scientific Methods

Research Paper, Psychology: Knowledge and Scientific Methods
1) Name and describe (in your own words) the Six Principles of Scientific Thinking (Lilienfeld, Chapter 1), and state why you believe it is important to use them when thinking about behavior.
2) Find two examples of claims made in newspapers, magazines, television, or the Internet relevant to Psychology that you think should be evaluated using one of the 6 principles of scientific thinking. Briefly describe both of the claims, and state the media source where you found each claim. (Note: you must suggest a different principle of scientific thinking that would be useful to evaluate each of the two claims.) Each of these 2 sources must be cited both in the text of your paper and in the reference section (bibliography) using APA format.
3) For both of these claims, state and describe the principle that you think should be applied, and discuss how the principle is used (or not used) in the claim.
4) Examples of issues relevant to Psychology that have been discussed in various media lately include; standardized testing in education, law enforcement policies (training programs for officers, technology used to modify peoples behavior such as automated speed monitors etc), gun control issues, the use of social media by extremist groups to recruit people to their causes. These are examples that you may use, or you may choose an issue of interest to you.