Critique Paper Requirements (See ECLearn for full details)
Articles need to be BOTH peer-reviewed and empirical along with being related to the Hock reading you have chosen. 
  • Empirical: An empirical article is one in which the authors have conducted some type of observational or experimental study, and they are reporting the results.
    Quick tip: Most empirical articles in psychology are divided into sections: Introduction/background, Methods, Results, Discussion.  If you find an article with these sections, there’s a good chance that it’s an empirical article. Literature reviews that summarize vast bodies of research without reporting actual data are not acceptable.

     
  • Peer-reviewed: This means that the source has been reviewed by experts in the field, who have deemed it acceptable quality for publication.

Article Databases

Article Databases: Ranked by Relevance
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Keyword/Search Terms for Specific Studies

Try using the below terms to search for your empirical research articles with using the search connectors of AND, OR:


Sample search showing using OR between alternative words on the same line, using AND between the lines, and quotes for phrases

  • AND: Using "and" between two terms narrows your search results. It only looks for articles with both terms.
  • OR: Using "or" between two terms expands your search results. It looks for articles with at least one of your terms.

See Finding Peer-Reviewed Studies in APA PsycInfo (Video Tutorial) to see an example search.

 

  • Darley & Latané, Bystander intervention in emergencies (pp. 322-330)
    • "Bystander effect" and "diffusion of responsibility"
      Note: Quotes are used to search for the phrases.
  • Milgram, Behavioral study of obedience (pp. 330-317)
    • Milgram and obedience
  • Gazzaniga, The split brain in man (pp. 23-33)
    • Gazzaniga and commissurotomy
  •  Watson & Rayner, Conditioned emotional responses (pp. 94-100)
    • "Little Albert"
    • Alternatively, try searching for "classical conditioning" AND phobias AND fear
  • Bandura et al., Transmission of aggression…(pp. 107-114)
    • aggression or aggressive behavior or aggressiveness or violence or violent behavior or aggressive behaviour or violent behaviour
       modeling
      media or media exposure
  • Loftus, Leading questions and eyewitness report (pp. 139-147)
    • "leading questions" OR "eyewitness report"
  • Asch, Opinions and social pressure (pp. 317-322)
    • Asch, conformity, and replication
  • Wolpe, The systematic desensitization treatment of neuroses (pp. 286-293)
    • "Systematic desensitization" and phobias

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