2010 Lab Introduction Lab overview Links to assignments, resources 30% of final course grade 4 assignments 2 labs research proposal (term project)

All assignments must be completed to receive a lab mark in the course assignments will be completed individually labs and proposal completed in partners late assignments/labs/etc. lose 5% per day assignments worth 40% of lab mark (12/30) labs and proposal worth 60% (18/30) (6pts each) tentative weighting psycInfo (5), www(2), variables(2) spss (3)

Psyc Info primary database used to search for psychology journal articles and books found off the library page :library, article indexes, under P PsycInfo or shortcut off links page nfomulti.htm

APA Format see text pp How to present citations in text(p.426) According to Smith and Walker (1996) the APA publication guide should be used as a reference book as opposed to a “how to” book. The APA publication manual should be utilized as a reference book as opposed to a step by step guide (Smith & Walker, 1996).

Sample introduction p. 409 reference page: p. 419 reference entry formats p journal article: Smith, W., & Sharp, J. (1994). Decision making in jury based trials. Journal of Social Psychology, 14,

APA Style - References Book: Shuler, H.(1982). Ethical problems in psychological research. New York: Academic Press. Abstract: Smith, N., Jones, S., & Bond, H. (1987). Cognitive functioning in elderly adults. Psychological Abstracts, 17, 790. Note: If the title of the periodical does not include the word “abstracts” place Abstract in brackets between the abstract title and the period.

APA Style Reference Page Putting it all together the word Reference is centred at the top of the page references are listed alphabetically in order of 1st authors last name entire page is double-spaced, no extra spaces between references 1st line of each reference is indented 5 spaces

References Baird, N., Jones, S., & Bond, H. (1987). Cognitive functioning in elderly adults. Psychological Abstracts, 17, 790. Cattell, H. (1982). Ethical problems in psychological research. New York: Academic Press. Dodge, J. (1992). Type A personality and road rage: Outcomes of interventions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, Smith, W., & Sharp, J. (1994). Decision making in jury based trials. Journal of Social Psychology, 14,

PsycInfo Assignment Due: In two weeks in lab Come up with 5 research questions, choose one and research it using PsycInfo, Find at least 3 of the references in the library, at least 2 must be research (empirical) journal articles. Record ref. Info (title, authors, journal, vol, page#) Read them, noting pertinent info such as : What topic did the authors investigate? What were their hypotheses? What variables were under study? What were the main findings?

PsycInfo Assignment Print out a reference that you were unable to find in the library and complete an interlibrary loan form (attach printout). Do not submit to library Write a summary of the research you have found. It should read like an introduction to a journal article. Start with research question, logical progression, broad to narrow reviewing literature, using the minimum 3 sources, end with hypothesis put all references in an APA style reference page

PsycInfo Assignment Writing an Introduction APA style Begin with your research question Not simply a summary; compare and contrast What material should an introduction contain? - topic the authors investigated -their hypotheses,variables, main findings

PsycInfo Assignment To Summarize: a list of 5 research questions, identify the one you used for the rest of the assignment (b) an introduction using at least 3 of the articles relevant to the research question, ending with your research (experimental) and null hypotheses (c) a printout of the 5 references you found using PsycInfo (d) a properly-formatted APA-style reference section for at least 5 references relevant to your research topic (d) a completed interlibrary loan form for a reference not available in the Acadia library (highlight this reference on the PsycInfo printout).

Where to start?

Where to Start? Think of 5 research questions research using PsycInfo, remember you can save your searches cinfomulti.htm