PSY 100 RESEARCH ARTICLE SUMMARY REQUIREMENTS
THE ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH PAPERS MUST TURNED IN NO LATER THAN MIDNIGHT ON December 5th! THEY MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ONLINE FORM EMBEDDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS FORM.
The list of
approved articles on which you can base your paper is shown below. To examine any
article, simply double-click on the article title. That will take you to a copy
of the article in PDF format. You must have software for viewing such files on
the computer you are using in order to view it. All university computer labs
have computers with this software installed if needed. When the document opens,
you can print a copy directly or save the PDF file and print a copy later.
Read the article and then enter your summary of the article in the form below. To receive credit for the summary, you must thoroughly answer all of the following 4 questions IN YOUR OWN WORDS (i.e., do not copy sentences out of the article; you must put the information reported in the article in your own words):
(1) What question(s) did this research try to answer or what hypotheses did it test?
(2) What methods did the researchers use to test their idea(s) or answer their question(s)?
(3) What were the major findings of the research?
(4) What conclusions did the researchers draw based on the findings?
Research summaries must be at least 1000 characters (about 200 words) in length.
APPROVED
ARTICLE LIST (Click on an article to view a copy of that article)
Abel, Millicent H. Humor,
stress, and coping strategies. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, Vol
15(4), 2002. pp. 365-381.
Anderson, Rebecca A
& Otto, Amy L. Perceptions of fairness in the justice system: A
cross-cultural comparison. Social Behavior & Personality, Vol 31(6), 2003.
pp. 557-564.
Benjamin, Arlin James Jr. The influence of
locus of control and aggressiveness of rock music videos on aggression: A
reanalysis and methodological critique of Wann and Wilson (1996). Journal of
Social Behavior & Personality, Vol 14(4), Dec 1999. pp. 491-498.
Berg, E. M. and Lippman, Louis
G. Does humor in radio advertising affect recognition of novel product brand
names? Journal of General Psychology, Vol 128(2), 2001, 194-205.
Brownlow, Sheila, & Reasinger, Renee D. Putting
off until tomorrow what is better done today: Academic procrastination as a
function of motivation toward college work. Journal of Social Behavior &
Personality, Vol 15(5), Spec 2000. Special issue: Procrastination: Current
issues and new directions. pp. 15-34.
Ewing, Vanessa Lynn, Stukas,
Arthur A. Jr., & Sheehan, Eugene P. Student Prejudice Against Gay Male and
Lesbian Lecturers. Journal of Social Psychology, Vol 143(5), Oct 2003. pp.
569-579
Firmin, Michael W., Helmick,
Jannie M., Iezzi, Brian A., & Vaughn, Aaron. Say please: The effect
of the word "please" in compliance-seeking requests. Social Behavior
& Personality, Vol 32(1), 2004. pp. 67-72.
Kelemen, William L.
& Creeley, Catherine E. State-dependent memory effects using
caffeine and placebo do not extend to metamemory. Journal of General
Psychology, Vol 130(1), Jan 2003. pp. 70-86.
Kemmelmeier, Markus.
Authoritarianism and Candidate Support in the U.S. Presidential Elections of
1996 and 2000. Journal of Social Psychology, Vol 144(2), Apr 2004. pp. 218-221.
Kim, Jungsik, & Hatfield,
Elaine. Love types and subjective well-being: A cross cultural study. Social
Behavior & Personality, Vol 32(2), 2004. pp. 173-182.
Lokken, Kristine,
Ferraro, F. Richard, Kirchner, Tara, & Bowling, Margo, Gender
differences in body size dissatisfaction among individuals with low, medium, or
high levels of body focus. Journal of General Psychology, Vol 130(3), Jul 2003.
pp. 305-310.
Mikula, Gerold,
Testing an attribution-of-blame model of judgments of injustice.
European Journal of Social Psychology, Vol 33(6), Nov-Dec 2003. pp. 793-811.
Palladino-Green, Sharin,
& Pritchard, Mary E., Predictors of body image dissatisfaction in adult men
and women. Social Behavior & Personality, Vol 31(3), 2003. pp. 215-222.
Ventis, W. Larry, ,Higbee,
Garrett & Murdock, Susan A. Using humor in systematic desensitization
to reduce fear. Journal of General Psychology, Vol 128(2), Apr 2001. Special
issue: Humor and laughter. pp. 241-253.
Wann, Daniel L., Carlson,
Jeffrey D. & Schrader, Michael P. The impact of team identification
on the hostile and instrumental verbal aggression of sport spectators. Journal
of Social Behavior & Personality, Vol 14(2), Jun 1999. pp. 279-286.
Wuensch, K. L. and Moore,
C.H. Effects of physical attractiveness on evaluations of a male employer's
allegation of sexual harassment by his female employer. Journal of Social Psychology,
Vol 144(2),2004, 207-217