Psychologists are trained as researchers, using the scientific method to explore questions. As you have learned from the readings, there are many distinct areas of research in psychology.

By completing this assignment, you will demonstrate that you are able to:

• Identify multiple specialty areas in psychology,
• Identify/Give examples of various employment settings in which psychologists work
• Organize and accurately present material, and
• Apply APA formatting within the text and for end-of-text references, when appropriate

Instructions:

1. Visit the website for the American Psychological Association (APA) and explore the Research in Action link. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Select five (5) topics that interest you and then choose one of the brief reports from the list for each of the topic that appear. To be clear, this means five reports from five different topic areas.
2. Read the reports, summarize each, and describe something new or interesting that you learned about psychology from the article.
3. Write an overall summary describing the variety of work settings depicted in these reports.

In psychology, we use APA formatting. Please ensure that your general writing style adheres to APA formatting. I do not want an abstract, a title page, or your paper written as a research study. I would like to see sources cited in the text using APA format and a reference page using APA format.

Please review the grading rubric to ensure you earn full credit. Questions? Please feel free to contact me.

Rubric

Intro to Research Areas in Psychology Rubric