This assignment will require you to login in to my account, PsycInfo is free from the university website.
First you click on the university site.
On top of the page, there a place called “Library” click on it. Then click on “AU Library Home”. On the “Quick Links” section, click on “resources (Databases) by Subject”. After that click on “Resources by Subject or Title” . Choose the subject, which is Psychology and then scroll down to PsycINFO, if you re new to it, there is links under it for video tutorial. After you clicked on the site and watched the video (if you new), under the search engine bar there is “Advanced search” button and now you are ready to start the assignment.
Select one of the following broad research questions:
Is pet ownership beneficial to people’s health? If yes, why?
How are residents’ personal characteristics related to fear of crime in their neighbourhoods?
Search the PsycINFO database for abstracts of books, book chapters, and journal articles that meet the following criteria:
direct focus on the broad research question, and
published within the last 10 years and in English.
Review these abstracts carefully. Note what research has been done that addresses this broad research question, and what has not been done.
Based on your review of these abstracts, write a narrower research question, or develop a specific hypothesis that can be tested.
Report Requirements
You are to submit your report to your tutor using the assignment drobox. Your completed assignment will likely take 1-2 pages (single-spaced), without the abstracts. It should include:
1.a paragraph on search strategies and what you used on your search to end up with your results
2. a list of 10 references that was used, either Links of the “Detailed record page” or citation with clear title and author. They should all have abstracts and most of your information you need should be there, skim through the article if you like.
3. a statement of your hypothesis or a narrower research question developed from your review of the 10 abstracts.
4. about two-thirds of a page outlining the rationale for the hypothesis or narrower research question. Refer to the abstracts you gathered and discuss how you used these to develop a more specific hypothesis. For example, you may wish to model your hypothesis after some aspects of the research in the sources you gathered; or, alternatively, you may look for gaps in the research that do not seem to be addressed in the sources and develop your hypothesis to address these gaps. You do not need to refer to all ten references, just a couple or some sub-sluvet of them is sufficient.