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PSY 241 - Developmental Psychology: Multitasking & Driving

A guide to help students of developmental psychology find resources for multitasking and driving assignments.

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Distracted Driving (Including listening to music)

Recommended Keywords/Phrases to Use: waynes world car

  • Distracted Driving
  • Music while Driving
  • Driving with Music
  • Listening and Driving
  • Driving and Multitasking

Texting and Driving

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Recommended Keywords/Phrases to Use:

  • Smart phone while driving
  • Texting behind the wheel
  • Messaging AND driving
  • Phone AND "Operating a motor vehicle"
  • "Car accidents" AND "common causes"
  • Using Social Media while driving

Talking on the phone While Driving

Recommended Keywords/Phrases to Use:  dog on can phone

  • Communication while driving
  • Talking on the phone while driving
  • Behavior while driving
  • Car Accidents Involving Cell Phone Use
  • Automobile Safety

How Will I Know that I Have an Original Research Article

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Scholarly articles include an Abstract which summarizes, usually in one paragraph of 300 words or less, the important points of the entire paper.

 

 

 

This article can be found at 

Carlo, G., McGinley, M., Hayes, R., Batenhorst, C., & Wilkinson, J. (2007). Parenting styles or practices? parenting, sympathy, and prosocial behaviors among adolescents. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 168(2), 147-76. https://proxy154.nclive.org/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/228539106?accountid=13601

Picture of Scholarly Article, Intro and Lit ReviewThe introduction discusses the specific question that's researched in the paper. it also can briefly state the methodology of your ORIGINAL RESEARCH article. 

 

 

 

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This is where you can tell if you have original research. Original research will contain:

  • participants
  • measures and scales, which include surveys, inventories, and questionnaires
  • conditions of tests

If this information is missing, you probably have an analysis or review of the topic and NOT original research. 

PIcture of Scholarly ARticle, resultsIn this section, the results of the analysis are presented.  How the results are presented will depend upon whether the research study was quantitative or qualitative in nature

Picture of Scholarly Article, Discussion SectionThis section should be a discussion of the results, the hypothesis should be answered and validated by the interpretation of the results, and the author should discuss how this information is important and how it can be used for further research.

Picture of Scholarly Article, referencesThe research paper is not complete without the list of references. This section should be an alphabetized list of all the academic sources of information utilized in the paper.  The format of the references will match the format and style used in the paper, such as APA or MLA.

Recommended Databases

How to find Research Studies (the easiest way)

1. Use one of the databases. For example the Psychology Database will open like this.

Here I've searched for personality AND infants. The more search terms you string together with AND, the more specific your results will be. Also, multi-word keywords should be searched in quotes (for example "attachment theory"). 

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2. My search results are still large but I can narrow them further by adding keywords, and clicking full-text and scholarly journals. I can also change my publication date.

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3. After using the narrowing criteria (filters) in step 2, I chose an article. After clicking the title of the article, I see this. Viewing an article in PDF will make the sections more obvious than in HTML. Grab your APA citation and keep this article from getting lost by emailing it to yourself by using the tools in this box.

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4. Research involves SEARCH so be patient. Also, make sure your article has the methods section if you are looking for original research.