Psychology Journal and Psychological Science What: Read an article in the psychology journal Psychological Science.
Then, in your own words, write a two-page summary of the article. I picked this journal because the articles are shorter than other journals, and are on a variety of interesting topics. I do not expect you to understand the statistical analyses; however, you should be able to describe the study (or studies) and the general findings.
You can search for Psychological Science articles online and find full-text PDFs through SF library’s webpage (for articles pre-2010, use JSTOR database; for articles published from 2011-2018, use Sage database). If there is a particular topic you are interested in, I can help you search for an article.
To make things easier for you, I have compiled a list of articles (see back of page) that I thought might interest you. I have PDFs for all of them.
Articles
Attali, Y. (2013). Perceived hotness affects the behavior of basketball players and coaches. Psychological Science, 27 (7), 1151-1156.
Bushman, B. J. (2005). Violence and sex in television programs do not sell products in advertisements. Psychological Science, 16 (9), 702-708.
Damisch, L., Stoberock, B., & Mussweiler, T. (2010). Keep your fingers crossed: How superstition improves performance. Psychological Science, 21 (7), 1014-1020.
Jackson, J. J., Thoemmes, F., Jonkmann, K., Lüdtke, O., & Trautwein, U. (2012). Military training and personality development: Does the military make the man, or does the man make the military? Psychological Science, 23 (3), 270-277.
Köbis, N. C., van Prooijen, W.-F., Righetti, F., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2017). The road to bribery and corruption: Slippery slope or steep cliff? Psychological Science, 28 (3), 297-306.
Mueller, P. A., & Oppenheimer, D. M. (2014). The pen is mightier than the keyboard: Advantages of longhand over laptop note-taking. Psychological Science, 25 (6), 1159-1168.
Nelson, L. D., & Simmons, J. P. (2007). Moniker maladies: When names sabotage success. Psychological Science, 18 (12), 1106-1112.
Olson, K. R., Key, A. C., & Eaton, N. R. (2015). Gender cognition in transgender children. Psychological Science, 26 (4), 467-474.
Paunesku, D., Walton, G. M., Romero, C., Smith, E. N., Yeager, D. S., & Dweck, C. S. (2015). Mindset interventions are a scalable treatment for academic underachievement. Psychological Science, 26 (6), 784-793.
Paulhus, D. L., Trapnell, P. D., & Chen, D. (1999). Birth order effects on personality and achievement within families. Psychological Science, 10 (6), 482-488.
Przybyiski, A. K., Weinstein, N., Murayama, K., Lynch, M. F., & Ryan, R. M. (2012). The ideal self at play: The appeal of video games that let you be all you can be. Psychological Science, 23 (1), 69-76.
Shaw, J., & Porter, S. (2015). Constructing rich false memories of committing a crime. Psychological Science, 26 (3), 291-301.
Slatcher, R. B., & Pennebaker, J. W. (2006). How do I love thee? Let me count the words: The social effects of expressive writing. Psychological Science, 17 (8), 660-664.
Wegner, D. M., Ansfield, M., & Pilloff, D. (1998). The putt and the pendulum: Ironic effects of the mental control of action. Psychological Science, 9 (3), 196-199.
Whitchurch, E. R., Wilson, T. D., & Gilbert, D. T. (2011). “He loves me, he loves me not …”: Uncertainty can increase romantic attraction. Psychological Science, 22 (2), 172-175
