PSYC 341

JOURNAL SUMMARY INSTRUCTIONS

For each summary, you will select 3 full-text, scholarly journal articles that directly relate to the topic that you selected in Week 1. Your summary should include a title page, abstract page, the summary itself and reference page in one document The Journal Summaries are designed to assist you with your Research Paper and teach you how to search for scholarly journal articles as well as APA style in-text citations. In theory, you should be able to take a well-written journal article, and incorporate it into your paper easily. Four documents should be included in your submission of the assignment: three PDF documents (one for each article summarized), and your Journal Summary submitted as a Microsoft Word document.

Title Page Your title page should include your name, date, course and section (centered, double spaced). You will also include a header with the Running head flush left and the page number flush right. . It should be an abbreviated title in all caps and should not exceed 50 characters. Each page, including your Title Page, should have a header but only the title page should include the words Running head in the header. In Microsoft Word, click Insert and then Header.

Abstract Your abstract should be on a new page and say Abstract at the top, center of page 2 in plain text. Use block format (not indented), should be between 150250 words and should include general information about the Journal Articles that you have selected. Summary The text of your summary should be at least 3 pages and should be a brief summary of each of the 3 journal articles selected. Preferably, you will have one page per article with headings at the beginning of each new section. Each Journal Article should relate directly to the topic that you selected in Week 1.

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In-text citations In-text citations are vital for your paper. You will need to cite any and all information or ideas that are not your own. If you directly quote, you will need quotation marks along with the page number at the end of the citation (Gibson, 2010, p. 123). If you summarize a reference, then you do not need to include the page number at the end of the citation (Gibson & Stevenson, 2010). Both of the previous sentences are examples for you to help you correctly cite information. Headings You are encouraged to use headings in your paper. Level 1 and Level 3 are preferred. Reference Page Make sure that your reference page says Reference(s) (plain text, centered) at the top of your Reference page. The references should be in alphabetical order with hanging indentions. In Microsoft Word, you can highlight your reference, right click, click Paragraph, then in the Indention section of the box that opens, click Special and then select Hanging. Be sure that your references are APA stylized and include where you obtained your reference from if it was obtained online. An example is below: Jonas, K., & Bromer, P. (1997). Effects of attitudinal ambivalence on information processing and attitude-intention consistency. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 33190-21-. Doi:10.1006/jesp.1996.1317

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