Below I have attached the approved journal article for the paper.
The assignment is to review one journal article (study) of original research on any topic relevant to cognitive psychology.
Length: 1000 – 2500 words in length (excludes reference and title page) Requirements:
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Academic journal articles (studies) should be dated between 2017-2023.
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APA format required (citations, structure, and academic writing).
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One-inch margins on the top, bottom, left, and right.
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Use Times New Roman font- size 12 point – No italics, all regular block letters (except the reference
page).
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APA formatted title page with the title, your full name, and Charter Oak State College is required.
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Do not use graphs, pictures, bullets or other embedded objects within your paper.
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The only source that should be used to complete the assignment is the approved study.
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Information from the study needs to be paraphrased into academic writing, and in-text citations are
required throughout the paper. Quoted information should be limited to 1 to 2 short sentences (usually reserved for statistics in the results). Any more than that, you are just simply copying and pasting information and not demonstrating your ability to understand and summarize information.
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No personal perspective, such as “I” or “We” statements are used in APA research review papers.
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An abstract is not required, and subheadings are optional (Introduction, previous research, limitations,
etc.)
Your paper should include the following:
The () at the end of each requirement indicates the area in the article where the information may be located.
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Results from previous research in this specific area. Do not go overboard; focus on research that is similar to the study that this paper conducted (Introduction).
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Limitations of previous research in this area (Introduction). If no limitations are identified, see if there are limitations in the theory relevant to this study’s purpose.
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The purpose of the experiment or the question that the experimenters were seeking to answer. (either Introduction or early in the Method).
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The independent variable(s) (Method).
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The dependent variable(s) (Method).
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The essential Results of this experiment. (Results)
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Weaknesses in the method of the experiment. Do not confuse the explanation of the results with
methodological weaknesses. (Discussion)
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What future research in this topic area is likely to encompass per the researchers. (Discussion)