Psychology

Running head: PSYCHOLOGY 1
Psychology
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PSYCHOLOGY 2
Psychology
Question 1:
An empirical journal is peer reviewed, meaning it contains information which can be
used for a valid research. An empirical journal, for instance, can be written by a professor of
psychology. After writing, the article is taken for review by other professors of psychology
before the article can be accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. In most cases,
articles are not easily accepted for print, leading to about only one percent of the articles being
accepted for publication. This leads to the highest possible quality of information available on
the topic discussed (Donaldson, Dollwet and Rao 2015). On the other hand, a magazine contains
information that has not been authenticated and is majorly provided as a representation of
somebody’s individual opinion of a certain theory. Empirical journal is used by researchers in
various fields while magazines can be used by any member of the public.
Question 2:
When conducting the research on obesity, first I will identify the primary question which
the research seeks to answer. Then I will outline the key words which are used in most cases
with the disorder. After that, I will combine the key words into valid phrases and search for the
relevant articles from the university library website and determine what types of articles they are.
I will rely majorly on the peer reviewed journals and course books for valid literature review.
Question 3
APA reference for an article by Gancarz et al, 2013.