Hello! can ANYONE give me a head start on how to do this 3-4 page paper? it\'s f

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Hello! can ANYONE give me a head start on how to do this 3-4 page paper? it's for a research psych class. Any journal articles?

thank you. I have no idea what this is truly asking.

For this assignment, you will select and analyze an example of popular press coverage of psychological research from the possible topics provided by the instructor. These examples of psychological claims come from advertising, magazines, the newspaper, or the Internet. This assignment addresses the most fundamental goal of this class— becoming a better consumer of information. You will also practice your PsycINFO and APA style skills

Your assignment is to intelligently critique the claim of the popular press coverage by using a psychology research article. The overall goal of this assignment is to use your research methods skills to answer this larger question: Is this popular source’s claim an accurate representation of the original article, or is it misleading to people?

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You can chose any psychology research article and have to study it. The article can be from any one of the topics provided by your teacher. From that, you need to find a popular source, which is not a research article, and review if that popular source is actually presenting what is present in the article or is it just giving random informations.

For example if you're taking an article on depression:

"Adolescent depression, alcohol and drug abuse by E Y Deykin, J C Levy, and V Wells"; study the article properly along with what theories are being portrayed and what results are being obtained. This can be followed by a non research article search of the same topic, "What’s the Link Between Depression and Teen Substance Use?" And find out if both the articles talk in similar fashion or different.

You can chose any other topic discussed in class as well, or something that might be of your interest and formulate your answer.

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