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This is a literature review on the topic “How can one improve prospective memory performance?”Only the rough draft is due tonight which includes: Title page, introduction, summary of one research article, and references page. I would like the whole assignment to be completed by Sunday, March 10th and the rough draft to be completed by Tuesday, March 5th, 10:30 PM.
You must submit a properly formatted title page, introduction to your paper, summary of one research article (with proper in text citation), and references page (with all 5 references listed) by 11:59 Tuesday, March 5th.
Up to 10% matching, regardless of whether it is cited as a direct quote, I will receive a zero on this assignment.
Instructions:
Introduction paragraph: Discuss what the topic is-introduce it. Give an overview of the topic and why it’s important. Provide a thesis for the paper. (The purpose of this paper is to review the research on… then to propose a future research topic that examines…
First page of text: Title goes at top of page, centered, and bold. Start your introductory paragraph on the next line. Do not have a heading “Introduction”. Indent the first line of a paragraph.
General “don’ts” for the introduction: Use personal pronouns (I, We, Etc.) Use Informal speech (Etc.) Randomly capitalize words. Overly explain your topic with examples. Use the word “Prove.”
Refrences: APA PsycNet. (n.d.). https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-05804-003
Future thinking improves prospective memory performance … – sage journals. (n.d.-a).https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17470…
Author links open overlay panelMilvia Cottini a b, a, b, Highlights•Future thinking and performance predictions boosted prospective memory performance.•Future thinking instructions increased children’s performance prediction accuracy.•Higher task difficulty expectations increased attentional monitoring., & AbstractRecently. (2021, January 8). Improving prospective memory in school-aged children: Effects of future thinking and performance predictions. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/…
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Apa PsycNet. American Psychological Association. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2014-38247-026
I will need one more reference/ Journal article.
Your literature review will be comprised of primary, scientific references (from peer-reviewed journals). Found using ResearchPort or Google Scholar. Published between 2010-2023 (Stay away from sources that were published prior to 2009). Do not use: Google, Wikipedia, Newspapers (Baltimore Sun, etc.) Popular magazines (Psychology today, time, etc.) Textbooks, websites made for the general public (NIH, WebMD, Emedicine)
Refrences page: general rules: all lines after the first line of each entry should be indented half inch (hanging indent), author’s names should be last name, first initial, middle initial, articles with more than one author should have the authors appear as they do on the article–and the names must appear in the same order in an in-text citation, use an & before the last author’s name, references should appear in alphabetical order according to the first author’s last name.
What must you do in a literature review: Proper in-text citations, correct terminology, Ensure consistency/flow, Past or present tense (but don’t switch back and forth), Include transition sentences for every summary after the first one.
What to avoid (In general): Proof, Proved, Etc. Pronouns that reflect “familiarity” or gender. Use of the word “subjects” to refer to “participants” (unless the article you’re reviewing used animals). Credentials (Dr. John conducted….)
Just a note: The results and what the research(s) concluded are not the same thing.
What was the research question/hypothesis? Roughly 1-2 sentences, make sure this is consistent with your paper.
What do you include in your summary: Transition sentence, What was the research question/hypothesis (this should be consistent with your topic), in general, who were the participants, in general, what did the participants do (i.e. what was the procedure), in general, what did the researchers fine (make sure this is consistent with what you started for the study’s research question/hypothesis)?
Who are the participants: Roughly 1 sentence, this should be very general, do not state what language they spoke, do not write about how they were recruited, do not write about if they were compensated, only include information pertinent to the research.
What did the participants do: roughly 2-4 sentences, what was the procedure, this should be a general summary, should be consistent with the research question/hypothesis.
What were the results: roughly 1-2 sentences, do not report statistics, this should be consistent with what you said the research question/hypothesis was.
What did the researchers conclude: roughly 1-2 sentences, should be consistent with the results, relate this back to the research question/hypothesis.
Formatting notes: Use the heading literature review, on the next line following–don’t skip lines, when you refer to the previous summary in the transition, you must cite it, if you cite something at the beginning of a paragraph (which you should do), then you only need to list the year– you don’t need to keep listing the year in that same paragraph
