Culture: What cultural differences (if any) exist in development? (may be best to compare just two cultures here & focus on a specific stage in life)
1Read, summarize, and critique three current psychological journal articles related to your question. These must be peer-reviewed and current (2006 – present). At least TWO must be original empirical studies (i.e. have methods, participants, results, and conclusion sections); the remaining article can be a literature review of your topic. A short video tutorial is provided on Moodle to help you find these resources in the library database: PsychINFO. (You may also use other scholarly search engines such as Medline, PsychARTICLES, etc.)
Reviews & critiques of these articles will likely take up 1-2 pages each for a total of 4-6 pages of your paper. For each article:
Summarize the author(s)’ hypothesis, methods, results, and major conclusions.
Critique & discuss the quality of the article in depth (Did they use a large enough sample size? Were their results generalizable? Were their problems with their study like high drop-out rates, difficulty measuring variables, faulty reasoning, etc.?)
Discuss the real-world application of the results (How can we use this information to help others? Or to promote education of topic? Etc.)
Describe any major flaws and explain any problems with the study.