Decide on a specific topic within psychology on which you want to conduct research. This is the topic on which you will chat with your research team about on discussion board assignments and ultimately write your research proposal.

Conduct a literature search on the topic using PsycINFO. As you go, you might find that you need to narrow down your topic. Feel free to do so. (For example, if your topic is simply “goal setting,” you will probably find hundreds or thousands of papers on goal setting. You need to narrow that down to something like “goal revision” or “goal conflict” to get a manageable list.)

Week

1

Assignment: Annotated Bibliography

NAME:

Instructions: Use this worksheet to organize your literature search. Each requirement is listed below along with the number of associated assignment points. Type your response in the space provided below each question.

1

5 points

Identify and describe a psychology topic area of interest. Please write in complete sentences.

2

5 points

Identify a list of at least two variables of interest. These variables should be within the domain of psychology and may function as search terms in your literature search.

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3

5 points

Provide a list, in APA format, of 15 empirical or theoretical journal articles from peer reviewed psychology journals and identify each as either empirical or theoretical.
· There should be at least 10 empirical sources in this list

Each source should be attached in an accompanying PDF.

1

1

Week
1

Assignment:
Annotated Bibliography

NAME:

Instructions: Use this worksheet to
organize your literature search
. Each
requirement

is listed
below along with the number of
associated assignment points
. Type your response in the space
provided below each question.

1

5 points

Identify and describe a psychology topic area of interest. Please write in complete
sentences.

2

5 points

Identify a list of at least two variables of
interest. These variables should be within the
domain of psychology and may function as search terms in your literature search.

·

·

1
Week 1 Assignment: Annotated Bibliography

NAME:

Instructions: Use this worksheet to organize your literature search. Each requirement is listed
below along with the number of associated assignment points. Type your response in the space
provided below each question.

1
5 points
Identify and describe a psychology topic area of interest. Please write in complete
sentences.

2
5 points
Identify a list of at least two variables of interest. These variables should be within the
domain of psychology and may function as search terms in your literature search.

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