Assignment task:
1. Choose a topic (any topic having to do with psychology) and search the scientific literature databases for appropriate articles.
2. Make sure the article is an original research paper (NOT a review article) from an appropriate scientific journal (not from a newspaper or magazine). Original research papers will have the following headings included in the paper: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion.
3. Read the article thoroughly several times so that you understand the background, the hypotheses, the method, the results, and the implications. Don't worry about the methodological or statistical details. If the article does not make sense or is not interesting to you, find another.
4. Set the article aside and write a one paragraph abstract in your own words. It is okay to refer back to the results (summary data, graphs, tables etc.) but do not just paraphrase the paper.
5. Copy and paste the first page of the actual article (should have the name of the journal, title of the article, authors and actual abstract) and include your version of the summary abstract in one document.