child development research project: Annotated Bibliography

Conduct an author search Use PsychARTICLES or another database to find a recent article in a peer-reviewed academic journal by someone who shares your last name. If you are unsuccessful, try your first or middle name or search for an article by someone cited in the first chapter of the textbook. To confirm that the journal is peer-reviewed, be sure to check the scholarly journal box on the search page and/or check with an academic (college or university) library to see if they subscribe to the journal. In citing references to research, most psychology journals follow the style guide of the American Psychological Association’s publication manual. This style referred to as APA format is the style you will use for your Research Project in this class. A brief guide to APA format is available in the GCC Library and on the Library website. a. Provide complete reference information for the article you have located following APA format. b. Read the article’s abstract and summarize the article in a few sentences. Conduct a subject search Use PsychARTICLES or another database to locate an article on a developmental topic that interests you. If you can’t think of a topic, skim through the textbook’s index for ideas. Try to find an article that reports the results of a research study rather than one that is theoretical in nature or a review of other research. Locate this article online and then read it as carefully as you can. Depending on where the article was published, it may be difficult to understand, because most journals publish articles written by researchers for other researchers to read. Do your best to answer the following questions: a. Using APA format, what is the article’s complete reference? b. If the article reports the results of a research study, what type of study is it? Be as specific and complete as possible. For instance is the research quantitative or qualitative? Is the study descriptive, correlational or experimental? About 3-5 pages. There is more info to be shared!