PSYCH 202 004: Introduction to Psychology (Spring 2025) : Welcome

Welcome to the research guide for Psych 202! 

This guide is intended to help you with your final paper assignment for which you need to use sources available through the Libraries' web site. This guide provides information about how to find scholarly journal articles.  Also included are additional resources to help you with your research.  

When you have questions, librarians are here to help! You can get help in the following ways: chat, email, call /text, visit, or consultation. Contact the course librarian using the bookmark link . For the most immediate help, use the Ask a Librarian chat service. See the chat service hours.

Based on your assignment description: "Choose any topic within the field of psychology that interests you.  Your topic should be broad enough to have sufficient research available but focused enough to allow for an in-depth review of the literature."

Because psychology is a science, it is best to frame your research question in terms of variables. Other subjects may call them keywords or concepts. They are the same thing. You may want to consider two to three variables:  There may be an independent variable that is the main area of interest, a dependent variable that has some type of impact or correlation with the independent variable, and environmental or demographic components such as a specific population. 

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