Humanities Homework Help

Your goal is to emphasize comprehension of the article content and to communicate your thoughts clearly and concisely.

One aspect of summarizing information is to decide what details to include and which are unnecessary. What can you leave out without misleading or confusing the reader? As a guide, use the following questions to help you identify important content.

1. What was the research question or problem outlined in the article, and why is it important?
2. How did the authors attempt to answer this question or problem?
3. What were the authors’ predictions? (Hint: consult the section “Overview of this study”).
4. What was the dependent variable and how was it measured?
5. What were the independent variables in this study and how were they manipulated/measured.
6. What did the authors discover as a result of their investigation? (Hint: consult Figure 1)
7. What explanation did the authors provide to account for the results of their study?
8. What was the most important implication of their findings?

In addition to Salvatore and Shelton (2007), for this assignment you will also include five additional sources that reference the Salvatore and Shelton (2007) articl.