PSY 2320 Research Methods: Popular Press Assignment

Starting your assignment and finding your popular article

1. Consider an area or topic in psychology that intrigues you.

• Social Psychology: Prejudice and discrimination; Social cognition; Attitudes; Social controls and cults; Persuasion, propaganda & marketing; Attraction, romance & love; Nonverbal communication, etc.
• Disorders or Types of Therapy: Eating disorders; Depression; Phobias; Borderline personality disorder; Seasonal Affective disorder; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Group Therapy, etc.
• Human Cognition: Dreams; False memories; Attention; Problem-solving; Perception, etc.
• Human Development: Early Childhood; Social Learning; Attachment issues; Dementia or Alzheimer's disease
• Other topics: Bullying; Media violence and children; Gender roles; Parenting styles, etc.

2. Make the most of a "Google search"  on your topic.

•  Use the limiter "news:" before your topic e.g. news: happiness
• Use the advanced search features e.g.  google advanced search