Writing Homework Help

Select a Memory Psychology topic of interest.

– Find at least 6 academic journal articles on the topic.

– Articles must be different from materials used in the course (i.e., textbook, lecture add-on materials).

– For suitable articles, visit the SMU library website for academic search engines that contain academic, peer-reviewed journal articles.

2. Combine information from your articles to answer these questions:

Purpose: Why is the topic that you chose important to study?

Research methods: How is the topic studied?

Results: What are the results of the research studies?

Discussion/conclusion: What are the future directions of the research?

Limitations: What are the limitations of the findings and how can future research overcome them?

Tips for Finding Research Articles

Past students have asked for assistance with finding peer-reviewed research articles. Generally, a regular Google search is not scientifically rigorous, based on the expectations of this course. Below are tips and steps to help.

To use Google Scholar: Type Google Scholar into your internet browser and select Google Scholar from the list. When it takes you to Google Scholar, it will look just like Google, except it will contain mainly peer-reviewed articles.