Read an article published in a professional psychology journal and then summarizing the article in four
typed double-spaced pages (fifth page should include your cited sources). You will be graded on the
following set of criteria: a) whether the article summarized is taken from a professional journal in
psychology; b) inclusion of thorough and accurate information about the Introduction/Literature Review
(including information about key hypotheses), Method (specifically how the data was collected, what
groups/individuals were targeted in the study, and the type of study; e.g., case study, survey, experiment,
archival data), Results, and Discussion within the reviewed article; and c) inclusion of one (brief) ending
paragraph that relates the study back to a class topic or textbook chapter.
