PSYC 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Psychological Review, Psychological Bulletin
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Literature Review and Library Research
1. Literature Review Questions
a. No firm conclusions on topic
b. Appears to be conflicting information
c. No published literature review
d. Informed by theory and research
2. Types of Articles
a. Primary Sources: original empirical
research
b. Secondary Sources: describes or
summarizes previously published work
c. Empirical Studies
i. Basic—idea
ii. Applied—effect on something else
iii. Contain introduction, method, results, and discussion
d. Review articles—organizes, integrates, and evaluates previous work
i. Meta-analysis: statistical method of evaluating research/data
ii. Sometimes present theory or conceptual frameworks
iii. Use Psychological Bulletin
e. Theoretical articles
i. Present new theory or conceptual framework; refine existing theory
ii. Use Psychological Review
iii. Handbooks
iv. Role of theory
1. Good theory
a. account for data
b. relevant
c. testable
d. predict things
e. parsimonious—simplified
f. Methodological articles
i. Technical
ii. Avoid
g. Case studies
i. Illustrate a problem or solution
ii. Avoid
Current Research
Significant Branching
Points
Theory or Historical
Studies
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