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Module 5: Social and Personality Pillar – Social, Personality, Emotion,
Multicultural, Gender, Motivation
Assignment: Evaluating the Evidence Worksheet 4 (10 points)
Claim 7: Opposites attract.
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Claim 8: The more people who are present at an emergency, the more likely someone will intervene to help.
Choose ONE of the Claims above to evaluate. Which type of claim is it: Frequency, Association, or Causal? EXPLAIN your answer.
Search for and read the entire article for ONE primary source of evidence related to this claim from within the past two decades (2000-2020) (i.e., a peer-reviewed scientific journal article written by the researchers themselves). Use the library’s PsycArticles + PsycInfo database (log into my.rockford.edu > Library > scroll down to Databases by Subject > Psychology > select PsycArticles + PsychInfo). After you enter your search terms, when the list of results comes up, go to the left column and select “Limit To > Full Text.” You could also look for a specific article from the References sections of the Module 5 Required Readings (Noba Chapters). Please email see me if I can be of assistance. WHERE did you find evidence? Provide the first author’s last name, year of publication, the title of the article, as well as the “digital object identifier” (doi) for the article, AND upload the PDF of the article along with your completed worksheet.
WHAT did the evidence say? Briefly describe the researcher’s methods and conclusions. If you do not have access to the full article, briefly describe the Abstract for the article, in your own words.
What TYPE of evidence was it? List only the types of evidence the researcher produced.
Case study
Survey
Correlational study
Quasi-experimental study
Longitudinal study
Controlled Experimental study
Systematic review or meta-analysis of many studies
Evaluate whether the types of methods used in the study (descriptive, correlational, or experimental) appropriately matched the type of claim (frequency, association, or causal).