Academic Goal is to understand Quality Research

APA Article Summary Assignment Academic Goal is to understand Quality Research in peer reviewed scholarly articles and how to write effectively in APA format These articles are accessed online via the college website:Library > Library Databases > Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Next, check the box next to Scholarly Peer Reviewed Journals
Choose any topic that interests you related to psychology (you can always use your textbook for ideas or choose something you want to learn about ex: attraction, addiction, Facebook, brain regions of _,etc.)
Search box (ex: type Psychology and [insert your interests here])
Open in PDF for reading and/or printing
Be sure to read through articles a bit and choose two that you can generally understand
Print the first 2 pages of the article to attach at the end of your summary (1 staple for this assignment).Use APA format (Title Page, Abstract, Citation, Reference):Go to PURDUE OWL website and click APA Guide/format for the following:
APA Sample Paper (read it)
Title Page (look at example on Purdue Owl)
(Running head: YOUR TITLE IN ALL CAPS 1)
Your name, College, Class, Avera
1 Paragraph Abstract
This paper investigates two published scholarly journals focused on
Topic
Main purpose
Main findings
Keywords
In text citations (LAST name of author & year) Avera (2019) describes a study
Reference Page
12 pt. font, Times New Roman, double spaced
2 page content summary in your own wordsSummarize the article in your own words (1 quote allowed at most and be sure to include page number if you use quotes)
Each article will have Intro/background, Methods, and Discussion for you to summarize. Simple format below
Intro/Background (3 Paragraphs)
Explain the purpose of the study, previous findings on the topic, & hypothesis
Methods used (1 Paragraph) (how many participants, how did they conduct research (surveys? fMRI?).
(Skip the Results section with graphs/numbers)
Discussion (3 Paragraphs)