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.

 

  • Bandura et al., Transmission of aggression
    • aggression or aggressive behavior or aggressiveness or violence or violent behavior or aggressive behaviour or violent behaviour
       modeling
    • media or media exposure
  • Darley & Latané, Bystander intervention in emergencies
    • "Bystander effect" and "diffusion of responsibility"
      Note: Quotes are used to search for the phrases.
  • Festinger & Carlsmith (1959), Cognitive consequences of forced compliance
    • "cognitive dissonance"
  • Freud, The ego and the mechanisms of defense
    • defense mechanisms
    • repression or regression or projection or reaction formation or sublimation
  • Gazzaniga, The split brain in man
    • Gazzaniga and commissurotomy
  • Harlow, The nature of love
    • "contact comfort"
  • Loftus, Leading questions and eyewitness report 
    • "leading questions" OR "eyewitness report"
  • Milgram, Behavioral study of obedience
    • Milgram and obedience
  • Rosenhan, On being sane in insane places
    • Confirmation bias OR labelling
    • "mental illness" OR psychiatric diagnosis OR "mental diagnosis"
  • Rosenzweig, Bennett, & Diamond, Brain change in response to experience
    • brain
    • changes
    • stimulation OR experience
  • Skinner, Superstition in pigeons
    • superstition
    • behavior OR rituals
    • operant conditioning 

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