PSYC 363 - Cognitive Psychology

Email Nadine at nfanders@umich.edu with your research questions and/or to set up a meeting. During the semester I am available online from Monday through Friday. I do not engage in work emails outside of these days or holidays.

This guide will help you with your course assignments. Check out the advice from previous PSYC 363 students!

Develop & Pitch Your Topic

• Access library databases, articles, and ebooks online
• Brainstorm strong focused research questions for your topic

Article Analysis & References List

• Access library databases, articles, and ebooks online
• Find peer-reviewed journal articles
• Describe the peer-review process
• Analyze your peer-reviewed journal articles to find info for your article summaries
• Evaluate and select your articles
• Build your reflections about the information you will use from your articles
• Further develop your topic into a strong focused research question
• Cite your sources in APA Style
  • follow the In-Text Citations and Journal Articles links for guidelines and templates 
  • follow the Create an APA References List link and use the References list at the end of the Sample Student Paper

Outline

• Identify relationships between your articles
• Build your Outline

Lab Reports

• Access library databases, articles, and ebooks online
• Find peer-reviewed journal articles
• Read and analyze your peer-reviewed journal articles
• Evaluate and select your articles
• Use your articles to build your arguments for your Discussion
• Avoid plagiarism
• Cite your sources in APA Style
  • follow the In-Text Citations and Journal Articles links for guidelines and templates 
  • follow the Create an APA References List link and use the References list at the end of the Sample Student Paper
• Write your annotations
• Write your Lab Reports

Literature Review

• Develop your research question
• Access library databases, articles, and ebooks online
• Find peer-reviewed journal articles
• Read and analyze your peer-reviewed journal articles
• Evaluate and select your articles
• Use your articles to build your evidence and arguments
• Avoid plagiarism
• Cite your sources in APA Style
  • follow the In-Text Citations and Journal Articles links for guidelines and templates 
  • follow the Create an APA References List link and use the References list at the end of the Sample Student Paper
• Write your Literature Review