You will choose a reading from Roger Hock’s book Forty Studies that Changed Psychology. This book contains easy to read versions of classic studies in psychology. The Hock Reading you choose will be the focus of your course paper. You can choose any of the readings that you wish.
For this scholarly analysis you will utilize the following literature:
The Hock article you choose, referenced as a chapter in 40 Studies, not as the original study.
One recent (published within the past 10 years) academic peer-reviewed article – referred to in the rest of this assignment as the “recent experimental journal article” (See the Psychology Research Guide – Journal list on the Molloy University Library website (you may not use articles already discussed in the Hock Reading – click here for help with the appropriate journals). You may also use Google Scholar, which you could access by clicking here.
This recent experimental journal article must report experimental findings (contains a hypothesis, a sample, and a research method used to collect the data) will be used for the compare and contrast section of the paper.
The OpenStax: Psychology, 2e textbook to give you background information on your area of psychology. For example, if you choose Asch’s classic study on conformity, you would utilize the textbook for information on the area of social psychology.
Critically think about and explain the issue/problem researched: Provide an introductory paragraph which indicates the title and author of the Hock Reading as well as a critical consideration of the issue or problem under investigation in this area of research. Demonstrate you have a full understanding of the topic. For example a study about the environment in which students learn best would be a learning study and would require an introduction to the concept of learning and the issue being addressed by this research. Cite your references in APA style.
Describe the Hock research study:
State the hypothesis of this study.
Describe the research sample. This should involve a description of those who are being studied.
Describe the research method used to collect the data for the study in detail, make sure to explain novel apparatus used as well as terminology introduced (such as confederate).
Provide a brief summary of the author’s findings. Indicate whether the hypothesis has been supported.
4. Describe the recent experimental journal article:
State the hypothesis of this study.
Describe the research sample. This should involve a description of those who are being studied.
Describe the research method used to collect the data for the study in detail, make sure to explain novel apparatus used as well as terminology introduced (such as confederate).
Provide a brief summary of the author’s findings. Indicate whether the hypothesis has been supported.
NOTE for both 3 and 4 – Critically thinking about the evidence: Information needs to be taken from your sources with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a comprehensive analysis. Do not “lift” the hypothesis, sample, research method and summary sections from the article. In other words, report what these are in your own words.
Do not quote more than 2 or 3 sentences in the entire essay and when you do quote use APA style citation to give the author credit.
Critically think about your position: This is where you need to take a specific position and synthesize the points of view of the Hock study and the research article. Explain your position on how they relate and differ.
How it is similar or different from the Hock study you chose.
This section requires you to write a thorough compare and contrast between the classic study found in your Hock book and the recent experimental study found in your search of journal articles through the library (for example you may discuss sample issues such as diversity of the participants in terms of age, gender, race, economic status; you may discuss methodological differences/similarities in the studies; you may include differences/similarities in the findings of the two studies; please note there are many points for comparison/contrast not included in the examples given above).
Critically think about related outcomes: This is where you need to form conclusions and express the implications and consequences of this line of research.
In the concluding section of your paper, reflect on this area of psychology and predict what studies will be done in the future. Suggest a follow-up study; how would it be done and how would it contribute to the field.
