Assignment 1: Exploration of a Professional Journal Article in Psychology

Assignment 1: Exploration of a Professional Journal Article in Psychology
Due in Week 5 and worth 230 points.

In the Strayer Online Library, go to the EBSCO-Host Academic database. Find a recent research article from a scholarly journal in the field of psychology. It must have been published less than 12 years ago. Be sure to select an article for which the full-text is available. Actual journals for which full-text is available include Advances in Cognitive Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Positive Psychology, Issues in Forensic Psychology, Journal of Psychology, among many others. In some cases, publishers do not make the full-text available on EBSCO-Host for 12 months after publication. Note: Do not use newspaper or magazine articles or Websites such as Wikipedia to complete this assignment. Visit Strayer University’s guidelines against plagiarism.

Your selected article must meet all of the stated criteria or your assignment will not be accepted. Before proceeding, please ensure that your selected article meets the following criteria:
Full-text is available in EBSCO-Host database
Is a scholarly journal article in the field of psychology
Was published less than 12 years ago.
Get a sense of what the article is about by reading some key sections. Begin by reading the Abstract of the article. Subsequently, read the Introduction and the Discussion sections. Flip through the paper and look at any figures or tables. Read as much of the paper as practical; get as much out of it as you can.

Write a paper of 450-600 words (1.5 to 2 pages) in which you:
Identify your selected article, using a proper APA-style reference. See examples at the end of this assignment.
Describe what type of article it is and how you can tell. For example, is it a primarily a review of existing research, a report of new research, or an analysis of a professional issue? Describe how you can you tell. If it is a research article, identify the type of research involved.
Summarize, in a paragraph or two, what you have learned about the content of the article. Be sure to include the main purpose of the article, the major findings, and how the major findings are supported.
Explain how this article fits into the overall field of psychology. Then, identify the corresponding chapter(s) from your textbook.
Explain why this article is different and similar from articles in non-scholarly periodicals, such as magazines and newspapers.
How to properly cite your article
Author list (Year of publication) Title of article. Name of Journal, Volume number, page numbers.

Examples:
Houston, D. M., McKee, K. J., Wilson, J. (2000). Attributional style, efficacy, and the enhancement of
well-being among housebound older people. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 22, 309-317.

Iudicello, J. E., Woods, S. P., Scott, J. C., Cherner, M., Heaton, R. K., Atkinson, J. H., Grant, I. (2010)
Longer term improvement in neurocognitive functioning and affective distress among methamphetamine users who achieve stable abstinence. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 32, 708-718.

Peterson, C., Bonechi, A., Smorti, A., Tani, F. (2010). A distant mirror: memories of parents and friends
across childhood and adolescence. British Journal of Psychology, 101, 601-620.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; Since the only resources you will be using for this assignment are the article and your textbook, you need not include a reference page. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Identify key concepts that provide a foundation for the study of adjustment.
Summarize the major psychological perspectives.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in psychology.
Write clearly and concisely about psychology using proper writing mechanics.