Western Sydney Cognitive Costs of Exposure to Racial Prejudice Discussion
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Step 3: Write a 600-word Summary of the Journal Article:
After reading the article carefully, write a 600-word summary of the journal article detailing the most important information. 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.
What was the research question or problem outlined in the article, and why is it important?
How did the authors attempt to answer this question or problem?
What were the authors’ predictions? (Hint: consult the section “Overview of this study”).
What was the dependent variable and how was it measured?
What were the independent variables in this study and how were they manipulated/measured.
What did the authors discover as a result of their investigation? (Hint: consult Figure 1)
What explanation did the authors provide to account for the results of their study?
What was the most important implication of their findings?
The 600-word length is a hard limit. One challenging aspect of scientific writing is working with a word-budget. If your summary is less than 600 words, you most likely did not include enough detail. If your summary is longer than 600 words, then you either included too much detail or else your writing is not sufficiently concise.
Step 4: APA Formatting.
APA formatting is the style of formatting used in psychology and adopted by some other disciplines as well. For this assignment, you will not use citations within text since all the information is coming from a single source. However, you will need to include a title page and a reference section using APA format. Please refer to the APA Resource (PDF) to help you do this.
In addition to Salvatore and Shelton (2007), for this assignment you will also include five additional sources that reference the Salvatore and Shelton (2007) article. Please refer to the Library Skills Module to learn how to find more recent articles that reference a target article.
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