First, collect potential peer-reviewed resources. Then summarize the literature in a three page paper in which you integrate the literature relevant to your research questions or intervention. Be sure to include the critical elements listed below.
- Develop well-formed research questions or a relevant intervention. Explain the significance of these things within the field of psychology.
- Explain the significance of your topic and research or intervention within the field of psychology.
- Summarize the literature and identify the main argument in support of the research questions or intervention.
- Summarize each article.
- Discuss how each resource supports the purpose of the research questions or intervention you have chosen.
- Assess sources specific to research questions. Describe the author’s credentials, arguments, objectivity, persuasiveness, and conclusions.
- Analyze sources, including the methodology. Determine the strengths and weaknesses of each source. Determine how they impact understanding of the intervention or the research questions.
- Develop a conclusion that ties together the literature addressed and reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main argument.