Throughout the semester you will be required to submit summary review reports on articles from Hock’s Forty Studies That Changed Psychology. It is OK to turn in reports early, but late reports will not be accepted. They must be 1-2 page typed, double spaced, size 12 font, & 1" margin all the way around.
In a Google Doc your report should be organized as follows: -On of the top of the page put your name and the due date for the report -Indicate the title of the article and the formal research citation. For example: One Brain Or Two? Gazzaniga, M.S. (1967). The split brain in man. Scientific American, 217 (2), 24-29. -Describe the basic research question, or hypothesis, that was explored in the study and indicate the research method (see chapter two in text) that was employed. Note that several of the studies involved a review of the psychological literature rather than being an original research study. -Describe the basic results
and conclusions of the research that is discussed. -Describe
the criticisms and limitations of the study or research -(Most important element of paper) Describe your personal reaction to the research. For example: What did you find interesting about it? What questions did it raise for you? How did it relate to what is covered in the text about this topic? What would you like to discuss in class about the research?
-Your
ideas about the implications of this research. How is it important, both in the
big picture of psychology and for you personally (if it is)? (Hint: check the
“Discussion and Implication of Findings” and “Recent Applications” sections of
the article) *When I grade these, I’ll be looking for completeness (you include everything I asked you to) and evidence that you actually had (or at least tried to have) a good, complete, engaging intellectual internal conversation about the readings.
For Unit 2 you will read the below study and you will answer the questions below in a Google Doc using complete sentences.
1) What is the essential question researchers are trying to answer with this research? 2) Who were the three colleagues at the University of California-Berkeley who undertook a series of 16 experiments over 10 years? 3) What type of non-human subjects did they use? 4) What are the 5 justifications why rodents had been chosen as subjects? 5) What was Rosenweig’s theory about animals implicit in the research? 6) What were the 3 conditions that the male rats were randomly assigned to? 7) How long did the rats live in the various environments? 8) What did the researchers do/measure during the random autopsy(s) to compare the rodent brain (s)? 9) What is acetylcholinesterase? 10) Explain the results of the study. 11) What happened to the results when the experiment was replicated? 12) Which part of the brains changed the most? 13) Where the findings statistically significant? 14) What happened to the synapses of the rats? 15) After 10 years of research, what conclusion did Rosenzweig, Bennett, and Diamond conclude? 16) What were the 4 criticisms of the research? 17) What did the authors suggest would be some of the benefits of this research? 18) What related research followed the work of Rosenzweig, Bennett and Diamond? 19) Explain Sneddon’s pig research. Why was it important? 20) What is the “Mozart Effect”? Explain. 21) Why do you think this research is significant to the body of psychological knowledge?
Indicate the title of the article and the formal research citation. For example: One Brain Or Two? Gazzaniga, M.S. (1967). The split brain in man. Scientific American, 217 (2), 24-29. Answer the below by numbering and answering in complete sentences. 1. Describe the basic research question, or hypothesis, that was explored in the study and indicate the research method (see chapter two in text) that was employed. Note that several of the studies involved a review of the psychological literature rather than being an original research study. 2. Describe the basic results and conclusions of the research that is discussed. 3. Describe the criticisms and limitations of the study or research 4. (Most important element of paper) Describe your personal reaction to the research. a) What did you find interesting about it? b) What questions did it raise for you? c) How did it relate to what is covered in the text about this topic? d) What would you like to discuss in class about the research? 5. Your ideas about the implications of this research. How is it important, both in the big picture of psychology and for you personally (if it is)? (Hint: check the “Discussion and Implication of Findings” and “Recent Applications” sections of the article)