PSY 322 MODULE 3-3 Final Project Milestone Two: Annotated Bibliography

Overview

Annotated bibliographies provide you with the opportunity to cite, summarize, and compare and contrast resources you will use in a paper. You will cite each resource in APA style, write an approximately 150-word description that summarizes the central theme and scope of the resource, and compare and contrast it with other resources. For more information on annotated bibliographies, consult the SNHU Writing Center’s annotated bibliography guide.

You will submit a bibliography of your topic. Using the SNHU Library, find two journal articles related to your selected topic area. (Your textbook, Wikipedia, or any other web source will not be accepted for this assignment.) The journal articles have to be from peer-reviewed, scholarly journals. Review the Psychology Research Guide for more information on conducing your research for this assignment.

• Write a summary for each of the journal articles found.

• Write an analysis and evaluation for each of the journal articles found.

Use correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary and utilize APA format.

Create your bibliography in a 2–3-page Microsoft Word document. The document should adhere to the following guidelines:

• Use 12-point Times New Roman font.

• Use double line spacing.

• Use a 1-inch margin on all sides.

The annotated bibliography is due in Module Three. You should include two quality resources directly related to your chosen topic.

Sample Annotated Bibliography of a Journal Article

The following example is what your final product for each resource should look like. This example (for the psychological research article A Bad Taste in the Mouth: Gustatory Disgust Influences Moral Judgment) employs APA style for the journal citation. The writer of this annotation follows the above points to create an annotation that summarizes the article’s main points and draws connections between that resource and other resources:

Eskine, K. J., Kacinik, N. A., & Prinz, J. J. (2011). A bad taste in the mouth: Gustatory disgust influences moral judgment. Psychological Science, 22(3), 295–299.

Annotation: In this article, Eskine and colleagues describe the results of an experiment that examined whether the taste in a person’s mouth influences the moral judgments that the person makes. The authors, who are researchers at the City University of New York, hypothesized that there would be a relationship between these two variables because prior research has shown that there are strong links between basic emotions and moral judgments. Indeed, the authors found that participants given a bitter drink made harsher moral judgments than those given a non-bitter drink. This article is extremely useful for my paper because it provides evidence that seemingly unimportant sensory information can influence moral judgments. Also, it nicely complements the work of Chapman et al. (2009), who found that emotional disgust and morality utilize similar brain regions. One limitation, though, is that all of the participants in the study were college students. They may have responded differently to the moral situations than older or younger participants.

Abstract from author: Can sweet-tasting substances trigger kind, favorable judgments about other people? What about substances that are disgusting and bitter? Various studies have linked physical disgust to moral disgust, but despite the rich and sometimes striking findings these studies have yielded, no research has explored morality in conjunction with taste, which can vary greatly and may differentially affect cognition. The research reported here tested the effects of taste perception on moral judgments. After consuming a sweet beverage, a bitter beverage, or water, participants rated a variety of moral transgressions. Results showed that taste perception significantly affected moral judgments, such that physical disgust (induced via a bitter taste) elicited feelings of moral disgust. Further, this effect was more pronounced in participants with politically conservative views than in participants with politically liberal views. Taken together, these differential findings suggest that embodied gustatory experiences may affect moral processing more than previously thought.

PSY 322 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

The final project for this course is the creation of a research paper. The purpose of this assignment is for you to explore aspects of human behavior studied by psychologists in the field of adolescent development. The final product represents an authentic demonstration of competency because students will critically evaluate research studies in the field of adolescent development. The project is divided into five milestones which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Two, Three, Five, Six, and Seven.

Guidelines

The research paper should include the following elements:

1. Research Topic

   • You will submit your research topic from the list below and explain why you find the topic relevant to adolescent development and why the topic is professionally interesting.

     1. The major developmental theories for children and adolescents

     2. Impact of current trends on developing children and adolescents

     3. Impact of geography in the sequence of development

     4. Physical development from childhood through adolescence

     5. Cognitive development from childhood through adolescence

     6. Social and personality development from childhood through adolescence

     7. Emotion and language in varied contexts (e.g., home, school, peers)

     8. Age-appropriate milestones and anomalies

2. Annotated Bibliography

   • A list of references in APA format that includes all sources cited in the paper

3. Literature Review

   • Using the Shapiro Library database, find two journal articles related to your selected topic area. Your textbook, Wikipedia, or any other web source will not be accepted for this assignment. The journal articles must be from peer-reviewed, scholarly journals.

4. Research Paper Draft

   • You will submit a draft of your research paper. The draft should include most of the criteria necessary for the final research paper.

5. Final Research Paper
   The paper should adhere to the following guidelines:

   • The length of the paper should be 8–10 double-spaced pages (not including the title and reference pages).

   • The main sections of the paper should be the following:

• Title page

• Introduction

• Literature review

• Conclusion

• Reference page(s)

• The paper must use proper APA style for citing sources and references.

• Discussion and conclusions: the difference between a great research paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of the discussion and conclusion section. This is where you bring together what you learned from the literature review (as well as throughout the course) in your concluding remarks regarding your topic. The discussion and conclusions section should be 1–2 pages in length.

Milestones

Milestone One: Research Topic

In Task 2-1, you will submit your research topic. The format should be a paragraph submitted via the discussion topic. This milestone will be graded using the Discussion Rubric. Your grade will be based upon how you collaborate effectively with your peers. Feedback should be applied to the final submission.

Milestone Two: Annotated Bibliography

In Task 3-3, you will submit your annotated bibliography. The format should be a Word document that includes a list of sources to be used in the research paper and a brief description of each source. It must contain two sources and it must be formatted in APA style. This milestone is graded using the Annotated Bibliography Rubric. Feedback should be applied to the final submission.

Milestone Three: Literature Review
In Task 5-3, you will submit your literature review. The format should be a Word document. This milestone is graded using the Literature Review Rubric. Feedback should be applied to the final submission.

Milestone Four: Rough Draft
In Task 6-3, you will submit a rough draft of a research paper. The format should be a Word document. This milestone will be graded using the Rough Draft Rubric. Feedback should be applied to the final submission.

Milestone Five: Final Paper Submission
In Task 7-2, you will submit your research paper. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the main elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This milestone will be graded using the Final Project Rubric.

What to Submit

Written components of projects must follow these formatting guidelines when applicable: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and discipline-appropriate citations. Page length: 8–10 pages required, not including a cover page and references.