Spring 2017 PSYC 101 Annotated Bibliography Entry.docx Alternate Assignment

This assignment provides an opportunity for students to research a topic of interest on Memory or Learning  You will not only gain insight and information regarding the chosen topic, but an understanding of the process of research and its methodology. 

Total minimum words: 600-700 words (5 point deduction for no word count; 5 point deduction for not following the proper paper format).

The steps for completing assignment: Annotated Bibliography-Article Review

1.Choose an article that addresses a research area in psychology from another country or a cross-cultural study.

1. Make sure that the article is considered aPRIMARY SOURCEand is found in an academic journal ONLY.The author(s) must be the researcher(s) reporting on a specific study and its results. A Primary Source would include the following: a review of the literature, a description of methodology including the sample selection process, a description of the statistical analysis, and a discussion of the results. You maynotuse an abstract instead of the complete article; not enough detail will be provided.
2. After citing the reference information (see example) in APA format, summarizein your own wordsthe content of the article in one to two pages.DO NOT QUOTE!This is an exercise in paraphrasing. The summary should include a synopsis of the study and the research methodology, which includes information about the sample, the specific methods used, and ends with the conclusions of the researcher(s). You do not have to summarize the literature review. Simply state the goal of this piece of research and how they went about it. This summary shouldnotinclude personal opinions formed as a result of the readings

Your annotated bibliography should answer the following questions:  Who did the study?  What did they do?  To whom did they do it?  How did they do it?  What were the results?

1. The annotated bibliography should be typed, 12 font and double-spaced throughout. Your summary should be inexactly the same formas shown in the example at the end of the syllabus. The document must also be submitted in a Word compatible document. Be sure to save a copy on your hard drive or other disk, just in case of a problem.
2. Please note there are two submission prompts for the Annotated Bibliography assignment. You MUST submit Submission 1 papers (by due date and at the beginning of class) to check your plagiarism score. There is no magic number that is acceptable.  Highlighted phrases and lines are considered evidence of plagiarism.  You may use the initial Turnitin score as a writing tool to use as a guide to rewrite early submissions without penalty until they are “clean”.  This means you may submit Submission 1 multiple times.  In order to earn the 50 points for Submission 1, the first submission must done by the due date and at the beginning of class.  Once you are satisfied and ready for me to grade the assignment you MUST submit (by due date and at the beginning of class) it to the final submission prompt (50 points) so I know for sure the paper is to your satisfaction.  Plagiarism in all final submissions will be reported (See student conduct).  This means that if there is evidence of plagiarism in Submission 2 the plagiarism will be reported.