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.
  • On the results page, limit the Methodology to Empirical Study.

 

  • Asch, Opinions and social pressure (pp. 295-300)
    • Asch, conformity, and replication
  • Bandura et al., Transmission of aggression… (pp. 85-92)
    • aggression or aggressive behavior or aggressiveness or violence or violent behavior or aggressive behaviour or violent behaviour
       modeling
    • media or media exposure
  • Harlow, The nature of love (pp. 126-134) 
    • Attachment AND infant 
    • mother-infant touch,
    • Attachment behavior
  • Milgram, Behavioral study of obedience (pp. 308-317)
    • Milgram and obedience

  • Rosenthal and Jacobson, Teachers' expectancies: Determinants of pupils' IQ gains  (pp. 93-100)

    • Expectancy effect
      AND
      teacher OR student OR classroom

    • Pygmalion effect
      AND
      teacher OR student OR classroom

    • Pygmalion Effect 

  • Rosenzweig, More experience = bigger brain (pp. 11 - 17)

    • environment enrichment AND brain

    • animal environment AND brain

  •  Watson & Rayner, Conditioned emotional responses (pp. 94-100)
    • "Little Albert"
    • Alternatively, try searching for "classical conditioning" AND phobias AND fear

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Course Readings

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