Week 1 – Assignment 2
Topic for the Final Research Proposal
For this assignment you will apply the first step of the scientific method by identifying a topic and explaining its importance in the field of psychology. Choose a topic of interest to you in psychology that is relevant to your current or future career and search the databases in the Ashford University Library for a published peer-reviewed literature review on the topic. Evaluate the literature review and describe whether or not it provides multiple perspectives and or results on the topic or if the author is including only those studies that prove his or her original hypothesis. Using the literature review as a reference compare the characteristics of the different research methods that have been used to study this topic. Summarize what is known about the topic based on the evidence presented in the literature review.
The paper
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.