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Reviewing & Reading the Literature

Reviewing & Reading the Literature. Psych 231: Research Methods in Psychology. Don’t forget to do your library assignment! It is due in labs next week, but I strongly suggest that you do the assignment as soon as you can while the info is still fresh in your mind.

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Reviewing & Reading the Literature

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  1. Reviewing & Reading the Literature Psych 231: Research Methods in Psychology

  2. Don’t forget to do your library assignment! • It is due in labs next week, but I strongly suggest that you do the assignment as soon as you can while the info is still fresh in your mind. • Also for next week’s lab, make sure that you download and read the Raz, Kirsch, Polard, & Nitkin-Kaner, (2006) before coming to lab. Announcements

  3. Why do a review of the literature? • What is the literature? • How do you search the literature? • Guest lecturer: Bruce Stoffel, psychology librarian Reviewing the literature

  4. What are the underlying motivations for doing a review of the literature? • Getting ideas. • What has been done, what hasn’t been done? • Understanding the relevant theories. • What variables are important? • Avoid past mistakes. Tips for conducting a literature review Why review the literature

  5. Primary Sources - essentially reading the original report • Journal articles • Edited books (sometimes) • Professional meetings • Electronic publishing (fairly new, pluses and minuses) • Faculty members & other personal communications • Secondary Sources - reading a report of the report • Literature Reviews • Psychological Bulletin, Annual Review of Psychology • Text books • Citations in books and articles What is the literature?

  6. Secondary Sources: Advantages: Good starting place Often reviews a lot of relevant literature Relatively brief descriptions Disadvantages: Somebody else’s description May be incorrect May be biased Not enough detail What is the literature?

  7. Turn it over to Bruce Stoffel http://www.library.ilstu.edu/ Guest lecture

  8. Download Raz, Kirsch, Polard, & Nitkin-Kaner, (2006) (full text available at library) and read the article for lab next week. • Quiz 2 is due Wednesday before class (1 week from today) • Have a good Labor Day • See you on Wednesday Next time

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