To complete this assignment you will be asked to find a scholarly scientific article of personal interest in the field of Biological Psychology that conduct primary and true experimental research with random assignment of participants into experimental and control groups and analyze the content of those articles. You must submit your article and identify the hypothesis or hypotheses, independent and dependent variables, specify the results particularly if the hypothesis or hypotheses were supported, not supported or partially supported (note: if partially supported specify in what way/s), include an APA reference citation of the article, and give a brief reflection including your personal opinion of the article and what you learned. Each analysis should include a copy of the article with highlights showing where you found the hypothesis, results, and what convinced you it is a true experiment. Failure to follow instructions or a lack of quality can also result in points lost. It is a good idea to get started on these projects early in order to avoid technological issues at the last minute. There are no opportunities for late submissions. Please submit your analyses in a Microsoft Word or PDF file.

A sample analysis and article are available below:
sample article analysis.docx
sample article.pdf
Here are some instructional videos to help you out:
How to pick the right article (remember for this class it has to be within the field of biopsychology)
How to write your analysis
Point Breakdown
Identified hypothesis 10 points
Identified independent and dependent variable(s) 10 points
Specified results (support hypothesis?) 10 points
APA reference citation of the article 10 points
Personal reflection 10 points
Total 50 points per analysis
Note points can also be removed from this assignment generally for lack of quality or failure to follow assignment instructions.
Article Analysis common mistakes:
Not highlighting the hypothesis and results in the article 2. Various citation mistakes 3. IV and DV not matching hypothesis 4. IV and DV switched 5. Not formatting the results correctly i.e. not saying if the hypothesis was supported, not supported or partially supported 6. Choosing the wrong variables 7. Not matching the results to the hypothesis
Article Analysis deal breakers:
While there is some room for error in your assignments there are some catastrophic mistakes you can make that will cause your assignment to be no better than a D regardless of the quality of other parts of your work. One deal breaker is not attaching your article. If you don’t attach your article I can’t grade the assignment properly. Another deal breaker is if you use the wrong kind of article. If you don’t choose the right kind of article i.e. not experimental with random assignment of participants into experimental and control groups or not a primary source, the assignment won’t apply and I can’t grade it properly. Another deal breaker is turning it in late. If you don’t submit it in time I just won’t grade it.
Article Analysis Submission and File Requirements:
Please use Microsoft Word or PDF Documents to submit your written assignments like this article analysis and any extra credit assignments. Most other file types can be disagreeable with canvas and not open for me. Microsoft Word and PDF are the only files that have consistently worked so please use it. Don’t use the Mac version that exports to Word as it doesn’t open for me in canvas. Also I won’t sign in or sign up for anything in order to see your files so don’t use google docs.
Make sure you do these important things or else you will likely fail the assignment.
Use an article that is 1. a true experiment with random assignment of participants into experimental and control groups, 2. primary research, and 3. in the field of Biological Psychology.
Highlight in the article where you found the 1. hypothesis, 2. results and 3 random assignment of participants into experimental and control groups to justify a true experiment.
Include the full article along with your written analysis as an uploaded file. You can upload more than file if you need to.
Make sure you submit with a Microsoft Word file and a PDF as a back up.
Lastly you can find articles anywhere you want as long as they are the right kind, but a useful resource that may help is the college’s database. You can get there by
Going to the Norco college homepage
Then hovering over “Academics and Training”
Then selecting “Library”
Then selecting “Electronic Databases”
Then selecting “Academic Search Complete”
you may be asked to log in
sometimes the browser freaks out once you log in
I find, if you go back the databases tab and select “Academic Search Complete” again it usually works after a couple tries.
https://rccd.instructure.com/courses/73037/files/13341247?verifier=LATDJFoPXOzld8EwBj7F0tsF1fNQ2q2G7MKdIwtu&wrap=1
https://rccd.instructure.com/courses/73037/files/13341212?verifier=1SwSA5R3ukFwmVfSbPxSrUPK7JCjp89ME2CmR5fH&wrap=1
https://apastyle.apa.org/
Please make sure to follow these instruction bellow
Make sure you do these important things or else you will likely fail the assignment.
Use an article that is 1. a true experiment with random assignment of participants into experimental and control groups, 2. primary research, and 3. in the field of Biological Psychology.
Highlight in the article where you found the 1. hypothesis, 2. results and 3 random assignment of participants into experimental and control groups to justify a true experiment.
Include the full article along with your written analysis as an uploaded file. You can upload more than file if you need to.
Make sure you submit with a Microsoft Word file and a PDF as a back up.

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