PSYC-2000-3,Psychology Seminar resource Readings Landrum, R., Davis, S. (2014). The psychology major: Career options and strategies for success...

Lilienfeld, S. O. (2012). Public skepticism of psychology: Why many people perceive the study of human behavior as unscientific.American Psychologist,67(2), 111–129.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. Landrum, R. E. (2015e).Writing for the discipline[PowerPoint file]. Baltimore, MD: Laureate Education.Focus on the review of APA format, quoting and paraphrasing, and citation of references.

Websites

• Walden University. (2015j).Writing Center: APA style: Overview. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa
• Walden University. (2015i).Walden University Library: Databases by Name. Retrieved fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/az.php?a=pFind the link to thePsycINFOdatabase.
• Foundation for Critical Thinking. (2007).To analyze thinking we must identify and question its elemental structures. Retrieved fromhttp://www.criticalthinking.org/ctmodel/logic-model1.htm#
• Huitt, W. (1998). Critical thinking: An overview.Educational Psychology Interactive. Valdosta, GA: Valdosta State University. Retrieved fromhttp://www.edpsycinteractive.org/topics/cogsys/critthnk.html[Revision of paper presented at the Critical Thinking Conference sponsored by Gordon College, Barnesville, GA, March, 1993.]
• Critical thinking. (n.d.).Psychology and Society. Retrieved fromhttp://www.psychologyandsociety.com/criticalthinking.html
• Thagard, P. (2012). What is pseudoscience?Psychology Today. Retrieved fromhttps://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hot-thought/201205/what-is-pseudoscience
• Raff, J. (2013).What’s the difference between science and pseudo-science?Retrieved fromhttp://violentmetaphors.com/2013/05/17/whats-the-difference-between-science-and-pseudo-science

Media

Ted Talks. (2012). Molly Crockett: Beware neuro-bunk [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.ted.com/talks/molly_crockett_beware_neuro_bunk

Please proceed to this Week's  Application

Week 5 AssignmentSearching the Library Databases

For this Assignment, you will practice searching the Walden Library database and then assessing strategies for approaching library research. Your assessment will involve explaining the ease or difficulty in conducting database searches, examining the importance of peer-reviewed publications, and providing suggestions for searching databases. To begin, log onto Walden’s Library and access the PsycINFO database using your Walden credentials. Complete the following keyword searches and record the results in a word document:

• Conduct a search on the termdepression. How many hits (“Records found”) come up? ____
• Conduct a search on the termdepressed. How many hits? ______
• Conduct a search on the termdepressing. How many hits? ______
• Conduct a search on the exact termdepress. How many hits? ______
• Conduct a search on the termchildren. How many hits? ______
• Conduct a search ondepressionANDchildren. How many hits? ____

[This search excercise is based on Exercise #8 in the Course Text]

• Write a brief analysis of the completed library search exercise and the PsycINFO search you conducted for this week’s Discussion assignment. Comment on the ease or difficulty of conducting both searches.
• Explain why examining peer-reviewed scholarly publications is an important part of the research process.
• Provide a suggestion for a colleague who is searching in the Walden Library databases for the first time.

Important note: For this Assignment, be sure to use in-text citations, and include a Reference list formatted in APA style that you learned last week. For information regarding how your Discussion assignment will be evaluated, please review the Grading Rubric located in the Course Information area of the course.

Submit by Day 7 (in one document) your Library PsycINFO assignment responses and your responses to the three bulleted assignment prompts.