PSY 530 Social Psychology

PSY 530 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

This milestone will help you get started on the final project by selecting a classic and more current study and writing a detailed summary of each.

Prompt

First, choose a classic study from the Ten Classic Studies Learning Aid located in your Reading and Resources. Second, find a more current study on the same general topic that was conducted and published in the past 10 years. For example, you could choose Milgrams obedience study AND choose a modern study on obedience (for example, obedience in the workplace, military, or perhaps another setting).

Summarize each of the two studies in detail. Include the reference for each study. Your summary for each article should include information about the literature review, research question or hypothesis, methodology, results, and the conclusion.

What to Submit

This summary should be a paper of about 2 double-spaced pages, submitted in Microsoft Word, with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and all sources cited in APA format within the document and in the reference list.

READING library Article:

This article gives an overview of the topic of cognitive dissonance and introduces you to its founder, Leon Festinger.

Library Article:
This article addresses a key aspect of cognitive dissonance and how it relates to attitude change.

Learning Aid:
This learning aid provides 10 classic studies with hyperlinks to the references in the Shapiro Library. You are required to choose one classic study from this learning aid for completion of Final Project Milestone One: Study Selection and Summary.

Requirements: Per instructions

WRITE MY PAPER


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