PSY 260 Topic 5 Assignment (From Journal to Journalism)

PSY 260 Topic 5 Assignment: From Journal to Journalism

For this assignment, you will find and analyze an example of popular press coverage of psychological research. You will find examples of psychological claims in advertising, magazines, the newspaper, or the Internet.

The popular source you choose has to include a psychological claim, and discuss it in some detail.

This assignment addresses the most fundamental goal of this class—becoming a better consumer of information.