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Please answer all questions with complete sentences and provide explanations for all of your responses. Review must be typed and double-spaced. Make sure to include the journal article with your write-up.

1. Provide the reference using APA style.
2. What is (are) the research hypothesis(es)? State hypotheses explicitly so that it is apparent what was measured.
3. Does (do) the hypothesis(es) follow logically from the arguments presented in the introduction? Provide a short analysis of the arguments and the previous research cited in the introduction that clarifies and justifies the researcher’s hypothesis.
4. What are the independent and dependent variables? Be sure that you state the operational definitions of these variables.
5. Comment on the appropriateness of the operationalization of the variables and explain why you think these variables are or are not operationalized appropriately.
6. Briefly describe the research methods used in the study. How were the variables examined? Is this study experimental, correlational, or descriptive? (It is also possible that a study can use more than one approach to answer research questions. )
7.Describe the major findings as reported in the results. Do the findings support the hypothesis(es)? What conclusions are made by the researcher?
8. What future research can be suggested?
9. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this research? If possible, describe at least one minor or major flaw of this research.
10. What contributions did this particular study make? Why should we care about this research, as psychological scientists or as consumers or psychological research?