PSY-530 – Social Psychology

PSY-530 – Social Psychology

Research Paper Proposals

Throughout the program, you should
be thinking of a research topic you would like to explore. In the capstone
course (PSY-693), you will create a research proposal. To assist you in the
creation of that proposal, you will decide on a research topic and begin
collecting empirical studies to support the need for research. Your topic must
relate to a basic social psychological principle; however it can fall into one
of the applied subfields (forensic psychology, psychology of religion,
industrial organization, health psychology, etc.).

For this assignment you will create
your research question and at least five scholarly, peer reviewed, empirical
studies, all from the past 5 to 7years. Your articles must support the need for
your research.

The following information will
assist in the formation of your research question and the beginning collection
of literature:

1. Use the empirical checklist
(located in course materials) to assure your article is an empirical article.

2. Explore the Center for Innovation
in Research and Teaching (cirt.gcu.edu) for information on research topics and
literature reviews. From the main page, under Research Development – click on
Research Ready. Each section has several bits of information to help formulate
your research. Additionally on the right hand side under Development Resources,
explore Research Tutorials. This section will assist you in creating your
research questions and further information on literature reviews.

Prepare a document that includes
your research question(s), including how your research will add to the current
research in your chosen field. Your document will include five scholarly, peer
reviewed, empirical studies from the past 5 to 7 years. This section should
include APA formatted citations for each article, including permalink;
additionally a short annotation for each article stating how the literature
shows your research is needed.

While APA styleis not required for
the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and
documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines,
which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success
Center.

This assignment uses a scoring
guide. Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this
assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success
Center.