General Education Assignment Purpose: To familiarize the introductory psychology student with the research method of the discipline and assess critical thinking, writing, information literacy, and technological competency Overview: Students will identify a relevant research question in the field of psychology, find a scientific, peer-reviewed journal article that addresses the relevant point, read the article and critically evaluate its methodology and results. The Assignment: Step 1: Locate a peer-reviewed journal article that describes a scientific, quantitative research study. Use the library databases to find the peer-reviewed journal article. Step 2: Evaluate and summarize the peer-reviewed journal article. Set up your paper like the article (Methods section, Results section, etc). Use APA style. In each section, summarize that part of the research article. Cite where appropriate. Make sure to include a full citation of the article in the Reference section. Conclude your paper with an evaluation of the article with regard to the following questions: What are the strengths and weaknesses of this study? If you were to do the study over again, how would you change or improve it?