Each student will be required to write a 4 page literature review on a psychologically-related topic (50 points). A general description of your topic may be derived from your text book. Data used to create the body of your paper however,
must come from peer reviewed journal articles
. Data from simple google searches, Wikipedia, etc. are not appropriate.
For those students who are unfamiliar with conducting literature searches, please seeLiterature Review Assignmentrecorded tutorial found under the Media Gallery tab in Canvas. If additional instruction is needed for conducting literature searches, it is the student’s responsibility to seek an appointment with staff from the library.
For your Literature Review assignment you may use any database that containspeer reviewedjournals, but I recommend that you use PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES COLLECTION and/or MEDLINE. You should become familiar with how to use the “and” and “or” commands when searching in Ebscohost.
Professional writing consistent with APA writing style is expected. See Appendix B for a sample of writing style and source acknowledgement, Appendix C for writing hints and Appendix D for scoring criteria for the literature review. Literature reviews must be submitted through Canvas according to dates posted in Canvas and found in this document. Please note that papers must be saved as doc, docx, or rtf document types. Late papers will be accepted at the discretion of the professor and only under dire circumstances.
ThePurdue OWLis an excellent resource for learning APA style (owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl(Links to an external site.).html).When on the OWL website and using the menu options on the left, selectAPA Guide, thenAPA Style 7thEdition, and lastly,APA Formatting and Style Guide (7thEdition). From within theAPA Formatting and Style Guide (7thEdition)familiarize yourself with the following:
General Format, In-text Citations: Basic, In-text Citations: Author/Authors, Reference List: Basic Rules, Reference List: Author/Authors, Reference List: Articles in Periodicals, and any otherReference Listappropriate to the sources you will be referencing in your paper.
See alsoAPA Headings and Seriation. You should findAPA Sample Paperto be very helpful.
Please note: a literature review is analogous to the introduction section of a research paper. Do not include an abstract, methods, results, and discussion sections. You should however, have good introduction and summary paragraphs.