PSYC 475R Seminar: Personality & Social Psychology: Advanced Seminar in Attitudes & Persuasion

From your Final Paper Guidelines

Details about the types of sources that you will need for your final paper are in bold. 
 

Option 1: Research Proposal 

• The goal of the research proposal is to describe an empirical investigation related to attitudes that one could feasibly conduct. Following a relatively brief but targeted discussion of relevant past work, you should describe the purpose and hypothesis/-es of the proposed study, your intended sample, measures, and specifics of the study procedure.
   
• Your final paper should be based upon a careful reading and thoughtful synthesis of a minimum of six pieces of literature that provide meaningful insight into your selected topic.
   
• The bulk of your reading should focus upon empirical journal articles;
   
• review chapters and other secondary sources of information are acceptable but should comprise a minority of the reading that you do for this project.
   
• at least two (2) of your sources must be recent – i.e., published sometime in or after the year 2010.
   

Option 2: Literature Review

• The goal of the review paper is to provide an overview of the current state of affairs for a given research topic.
   
• Your final paper should be based upon a careful reading and thoughtful synthesis of a minimum of eight pieces of literature that provide meaningful insight into your selected topic.
   
• The bulk of your reading should focus upon empirical journal articles;
   
• review chapters and other secondary sources of information are acceptable but should comprise a minority of the reading that you do for this project.
   
• at least two (2) of your sources must be recent – i.e., published sometime in or after the year 2010.