Research Methods in Psychology I
PSYC 227 R
Dennis M. Goff

For this assignment you must present a minimum of 10 references that relate to your research topic. The assignment does not assume that you have made an irrevocable commitment to that topic. Your references must be presented in APA style and should reflect the quality of references that you would want to include in the reference section of your proposal.

APA style is described in the APA Publication Manual 5^th Edition. You will find pages 215-281of the APA manual most helpful for successful completion of this assignment. Pages 232-239 serve as an index to the appropriate style for the different kinds of publications that you might wish to include. I recognize that the demands of the manual are very “picky,” that is one of the reasons that we are asking you to do this for the first time early in your careers as Psychologists.

Please note that the APA manual requires that references be presented in a hanging indent format with titles of books and journals presented in italics (see my example below). Remember that Microsoft Word has a hanging indent format option in the paragraph formatting menus (Format - Paragraph - Special - Hanging).

Make sure that your references reflect the requirements for your annotated bibliography. When I grade this assignment I will count to make sure that there are at least 10 references, but I will also look at the sources (and evaluate your compliance with the demands of APA style). Nonprofessional sources like Psychology Today, textbooks, and newspapers will not count toward the total. References from these sources can be included as additional sources if you like.  

I encourage you to start collecting the sources that you list for this assignment as soon as you can. As you know, there is a necessary delay in interlibrary loans. More importantly you will need time to read and digest theses sources. For many of you, your reading will also lead you in directions that you are not anticipating at this moment. These new directions will no doubt require that you go back to the library. None of these things is effectively accomplished at the eleventh hour.

Some tips: Remember that you can capture most of the material that you need for your references from the results of your on-line searching. Make sure that you have References centered at the top of your page. Use your name as a running head in the upper left hand corner. Remember that every line should be double spaced, don't use any extra spaces between anything and don't single space the text of your references. (Notice that HTML has forced extra space between references in my example below.)

You might find Russ Dewey's links to APA style resources on the Internet useful as you complete this assignment. 

References

McGovern, T. V. (Ed.). (1993). Handbook for enhancing undergraduate education in psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Messer, W., Griggs, R. A., & Jackson, S. L. (1999). The national survey of undergraduate psychology degree and major options. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 164-170.

Perlman, B., & McCann, L. I. (1999a). The structure of the psychology undergraduate curriculum. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 171-176.

Perlman, B., & McCann, L. I. (1999b).The most frequently listed courses in the undergraduate curriclum. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 177-181.

Graham, A. E., & Morse, R. J. (1999). U.S. News and World Report 1999 College rankings. [On-line]. Available: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/corank.htm

Scheirer, C. J., & Rogers, A. M. (1984). The undergraduate psychology curriculum: 1984.  Washington: American Psychological Association.