Final Paper Topics

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Final Paper Topics

• Presentation You must consult the research
  literature
• Look at course readings for ideas
• Consult PsycINFO

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Psychinfo

• http//www.library.miami.edu/research/research.htm
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• Go to databases and search psycarticles under p
• Go the library and ask for help doing this.
• Journals you may use
• Child Development, Infancy, Infant Behavior and
  Development, Developmental Psychology, Journal of
  Personality and Social Psychology

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Finding who referenced a past article

• http//ibisweb.miami.edu/
• Find Social Science Citation Index
• Check normal and expanded and search
• May not have Infant Behavior and Development

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Topic

• Topic Whats it about
• Make topic into a research question What do you
  want to find out about?
• Sources for possible topic/questions
• From class sessions (past, present, or future)
• From list of topics (see syllabus)
• Your own
• Examples

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References

• Find 3-4 references that will help you answer the
  question.
• Does the literature suggest you should ask the
  research question differently?
• What additional literature does the original
  literature suggest you look at?