Assignment Instruction For this assignment you will find six articles (topic that interests you). You will need to read the articles, summarize the articles content, and answer the corresponding research assignment questions. The selected articles must come from a scientific journal. The articles must have been published in the last 3 years and it should be at least 5 full pages of content. Additional sources/materials are welcomed. (unacceptable sources include sources that are only on a web such as Wikipedia or a local newspaper article, etc).

a) What is the purpose of this article? (Hint: a good title will give you clues; you can also generally find that information in the abstract and start of the introduction)

b) What are the authors main hypotheses or research questions? (Hint: look at the end of the introduction)

c) Who participated in the study? (Hint: this will be in the Method section)

d) What is the research design of this article? (Hint: this will be in the Method section)

e) Describe the results of the study. Were they consistent with the hypotheses? (Hint: start by looking at the results and then look at the beginning of the discussion section where most authors will summarize the findings in words. Dont use direct quotes or include specific statistics.)

f) What are the primary conclusions from the paper? What are the theoretical and practical implications of the results? (Hint: this will be in the discussion section)

Note: You may refer to other research materials, including those referred to in the journal articles to complete the report.