question archive Running head: PAPER I: STUDY ONE LITERATURE REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS 1 PAPER II: METHODS AND RESULTS INSTRUCTIONS 2 Instructions for Paper I: Study One Literature Review Instructions (Worth 25 Points) Ryan J
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Running head: PAPER I: STUDY ONE LITERATURE REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS 1
PAPER II: METHODS AND RESULTS INSTRUCTIONS 2
Instructions for Paper I: Study One Literature Review Instructions (Worth 25 Points)
Florida International University
Purpose of Paper I: Study One Literature Review
Instructions for Paper I: Study One Literature Review (Worth 25 Points)
1. Title Page: I expect the following format. (5 Points)
a. You must have a header and page numbers on each page.
i. If you don’t know how to insert headers, ask your instructor or watch this very helpful video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pbUoNa5tyY.
ii. The header goes at the top of the paper and it is left justified.
1. Use “Insert Headers” or click on the top of the page to open the header. Make sure to select the “Different first page” option so that your title page header will differ from subsequent pages
2. The R in Running head is capitalized but the “h” is lower case, followed by a colon and a short title (in ALL CAPS). This short running head title can be the same one as the rest of your paper or it can differ – the choice is yours, but it should be no more than 50 characters including spaces and punctuation
3. Insert a page number as well. The header is flush left, but the page number is flush right.
iii. Want an example header? Look at the title page of these instructions! You can use other titles depending on your own preferences (e.g. BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD; BULLYING BEHAVIORS; BELIEF BIASES; etc.).
b. Your Title should be midway up the page, with your name (First Last) and the name of your institution (FIU) beneath the title. For this class, only your own name will go on this paper. Double space everything!
i. Again, see my “Title” page above as an example
ii. You can also refer to Chapter 14 in your textbook
c. This Title Page section will be on page 1
2. Literature Review Section (12 points)
a. First page of your literature review (Page 2)
i. Proper header with page numbers. Your running head title will appear in the header of your page WITHOUT the phrase “Running head”. To insert this header, use the headers program.
ii. The title of your paper should be on the first line of page two, centered. It is IDENTICAL to the title on your title page. Just copy and paste it!
iii. The beginning text for your paper follows on the next line
b. Citations for the literature review
i. Your paper must cite a minimum of five (5) empirical research articles that are based on studies conducted in psychology. That is, each of the three citations you use should have a literature review, a methods section, a results section, a conclusion/discussion, and references.
1. For this first paper, you MUST use at least three of the five articles provided in the blackboard folder. You can use four if you like, but your must use three at minimum – however, you cannot use all five. For that fifth article, you must find it using PsycInfo. There are some other conditions for this fifth article that you must follow:
a. First, remember that the fifth article cannot be any of the five found in the blackboard folder.
b. Second, for your fifth article, it can be based on a wide variety of topics, including general belief in a just world, priming, autobiographical writing, social cognition, bio- or neuro-psychology literature, confirmation bias, research assessment, etc. Trust me, there are TONS of topics that can help you in your paper. Just choose one that will help you support your experimental hypothesis for your belief in a just world study. That is, it has to help you justify your study one hypothesis (all students are using this same hypothesis, so make sure to read it. You can find it in the researcher instructions along with the questionnaires you are giving to participants. I actually suggest copying and pasting that hypothesis into this first paper at the end).
c. Finally, you can have more than five references if you want, but you must have a minimum of five references.
ii. Proper citations must be made in the paper – give credit where credit is due, and don’t make claims that cannot be validated.
iii. If you use a direct quote, make sure to provide a page number for where you found that quote in the citations. Do not directly quote too often, though. You can have no more than two direct quotes in the whole paper (though no quotes would be even better). Instead, I would like you to paraphrase when possible.
c. Requirements for the information in your literature review
i. Your study one literature review should use prior research as a starting point, narrowing down the main theme of your specific project – think about the hourglass example I gave in class.
ii. The last part of your literature review should narrow down your focus onto your own study, eventually ending in your study hypothesis. However, DO NOT go into specific details about your methods. You talk about your specific methods in Paper II in a few weeks.
iii. Again, to make it clear, at the end of your paper you will give an overview of your research question, providing your specific predictions/hypotheses.
d. The literature review must have minimum of two (2) full pages NOT INCLUDING THE HYPOTHESES. It has a maximum of five (5) pages (thus, with the title page and references page, the paper should be between 4.5 and 7 pages). If it is only two pages and a half pages (again, including the hypotheses), it better be really, really good. I don’t think I could do this paper justice in fewer than three full pages, so if yours isn’t at least three pages I doubt it will get a good grade.
3. References (6 points)
a. The References section starts on its own page, with the word References centered. Use proper APA format in this section or you will lose points.
b. All five references that you cited in the literature review must be in this section (there should be more than five references here if you cited more than five articles, which is fine in this paper). However, at least three must come from the article folder on blackboard while the remaining two can come from either the last blackboard paper or two new ones from psychinfo. Only peer-reviewed articles are allowed here (no books, journals, websites, or other secondary resources are allowed for paper one).
c. For references, make sure you:
i. use alphabetical ordering (start with the last name of the first author)
ii. use the authors’ last names but only the initials of their first/middle name
iii. give the date in parentheses – e.g. (2007).
iv. italicize the name of the journal article
v. give the volume number, also in italics
vi. give the page numbers (not italicized) for articles
vii. provide the doi (digital object identifier) if present (not italicized)
4. Writing Quality (2 Points)
a. This includes proper grammar and spelling. I recommend getting feedback on your paper from the Pearson Writer program prior uploading it on Blackboard.
5. Between the title page, literature review, and reference page, I expect a minimum of 4 pages and a maximum of 7 pages for this assignment. But like I said, the shorter the paper, the less likely it is to get a good grade, so aim for 5 pages minimum.
The above information is required for your paper, but I wanted to provide a few tips about writing your literature review as well. Students often struggle with the first paper, but hopefully this will give you some good directions:
· First, remember that you need 5 references, all of which MUST be peer-reviewed (three coming from the blackboard folder and one or two that you find on your own using PsycInfo).
· Second, I don't expect a lengthy discussion for each and every article that you cite. You might spend a page talking about Article A and a sentence or two on Article B. The amount of time you spend describing an article you read should be proportional to how important it is in helping you defend your hypotheses. See if there is a prior study that looks a lot like yours (hint – there is at least one, which I based this study on, but you’ll have to find it on your own!). I would expect you to spend more time discussing that prior research since it is hugely relevant to your own study. If an article you read simply supports a global idea that ties into your study but has very different methods (like "frustrated people get mad!"), you can easily mention it in a sentence or two without delving into a lot of detail. Tell a good story in your literature review, but only go into detail about plot elements that have a direct bearing on your study!
· Third, this paper is all about supporting your hypotheses. Know what your hypotheses are before you write the paper, as it will help you determine how much time to spend on each article you are citing. My suggestion is to spend some time describing the nature of the belief in a just world bias, and then talking about studies that looked at this area. Use those studies to help defend your own study hypothesis. That is, “Since they found X in this prior study, that helps support the hypothesis in the present study”. Do you remember your hypothesis? Okay, I’ll be really helpful here. BELOW is your hypothesis. In your paper, support it! Just remember that the rest of your paper needs to be at least two pages NOT INCLUDING the hypothesis below. In other words, including the hypotheses below, your actual text for your paper should be at least two and a half pages!
· “We predict that participants in our rejection condition (who write about a time they rejected another person) will not engage in the just world bias to the same extent as those in the accepted or deserved conditions (where they write about a time they either accepted or thought someone got what they deserved). That is, participants in the accepted and deserved conditions will agree that a bullying victim’s personality, character, and behavior led to her bullying while participants in the rejection condition will disagree that her personality, character, and behavior led to her bullying.”
· Finally, make sure to proofread, proofread, proofread! Use the Pearson Writer for help, but note that their suggestions are just that – suggestions. It is up to you to make sure the flow of the paper is easy to understand. Good luck!
Checklist – Paper One: Study One Literature Review
Use the check sheet below to make sure your paper is the best it can be! Make sure you answer “Yes” to all questions before submitting your paper or you will lose points!
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1. Is everything in your paper (including headers, the main body of your study one literature review, and references) in 12 point Times New Roman font? |
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2. Is everything in your paper double spaced, including references (here I mean the spacing above and below each line, not the spaces following a period)? |
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3. Do you have one inch margins on all sides of the paper (one inch from the top of the page, one inch from the bottom, and one inch from each side) |
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4. Are the first lines of all paragraphs indented roughly ½ inch? |
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5. Are your paragraphs aligned left? (That is, text should be flush left, with lines lining up on the left of the page, but text should NOT line up on the right side of the page – it should look ragged) |
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6. Do you need help figuring out how to configure a word document in APA format (inserting headers, page numbers, proper indents, etc.)? If YES or NO, I highly recommend watching this video which walks you through setting up an APA formatted paper! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pbUoNa5tyY? |
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Title page |
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Header |
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1. Do you have the phrase “Running head” in your header (with a lower case h)? |
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2. Is the rest of your Running head title in ALL CAPS? |
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3. Is your Running head in 12 point Times New Roman font? |
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4. Do you have a page number that is flush right (also in 12 point Times New Roman font)? |
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Title / Name / Institution |
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1. Is your title 12 words or less (as recommended by the APA)? |
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2. Do all title words with four letters or more start with a capital letter? |
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3. Are your name and institution correct? |
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4. Are your title, name, and institution elements centered and in 12 point Times New Roman font? |
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Literature Review |
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1. Is your header title present and identical to your header title on the title page? |
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2. Is your header title in ALL CAPS and 12 point Times New Roman font? |
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3. Does your header on this second page omit the phrase “Running head” |
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4. Do you have a page number starting on page 2 |
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Title for the literature review |
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1. Do you have the identical title you used on the title page rewritten at the top of your literature review? |
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2. Is this title centered? |
Literature Review Continued |
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Main body of the literature review |
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1. Does your literature review start broadly, giving a brief overview of the paper to come? |
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2. Does your literature review start to narrow down toward your hypotheses? |
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3. Do your paragraphs transition from one to the next? (That is, avoid simply listing studies you read. Tie them together. How does Study A in paragraph A relate to Study B in paragraph B?) |
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4. Does your paper end in your hypotheses? |
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5. Is your paper at least two pages long (not including the hypotheses)? |
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Citations for the literature review |
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1. Did you cite a minimum of 5 citations? (Note that you can give a lot of detail for some articles you cite but only a sentence or two for others. How much detail you go into depends on how important the article is in helping your support your hypotheses) |
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2. Are your citations in APA format (That is, ONLY the last name of the author(s) and date of publication)? a. Note that you do NOT include first names, initials, or the title of the article the authors wrote when citing. That information belongs in the references pages only. b. Also note that you only use an ampersand – the & symbol – when it occurs within parentheses. In other instances, use the word “and” |
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3. If you quoted, did you provide a page number for the direct quote? |
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4. If you paraphrased in any way, did you cite the source of that information? |
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Title for the references page |
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1. Do references start on their own page? |
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2. Is the word “References” centered? |
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References – Make sure these are in APA format! |
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1. Are references listed in alphabetical order (starting with the last name of the first author listed)? |
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2. Are all citations from the literature review referenced? |
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3. Is the first line of the reference flush left while subsequent lines are indented (Note: Use the ruler function for this. DO NOT simply tab)? |
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4. Did you use the “&” symbol when listing more than one author name? |
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5. Did you include the date of publication |
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6. For article references, is the article title (which is not italicized) present, with only the first word and proper names starting with a capital letter? |
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7. For article references, is the name of the journal present with all major words starting with a capital letter (Note: this journal title is italicized)? |
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8. For article references, is the volume number italicized |
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9. For article references, are the page numbers present (not italicized) |
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10. For article references, is the DOI present |