Final Project: Literature Review

PSY 790 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric: Literature Review In Module Two, you submitted a paper on potential resources. For this milestone, you will take this information and develop a literature review. In your capstone research proposal, you will develop a well-organized research concept paper that lays the foundation for a solid plan to implement research. You will address a relevant problem that aligns with your focus within the field of psychology. You may choose a problem that reveals a gap in our understanding and requires you to provide an explanation of psychological phenomena and variables. Or it may be an applied problem that directly involves the psychological well-being of individuals, communities, or organizations. One major section of this proposal is a literature review. If you refer to your Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document, you will see that this is one of the required sections of your proposal. Completing this milestone will provide you with a solid foundation for your capstone project. Prompt: Analyze the scholarly debate on the theory and research related to your research questions or intervention. The literature review should not be a collection of summaries. Rather, it should be organized according to the message you want to convey, and it should appropriately synthesize the literature into your message. This suggests that you will draw from multiple sources in order to best communicate your points. Organize your review so that it provides a logical argument for the background of your proposed research and how your research fits into the big picture. In your submission, be sure to include the critical elements listed below.

• Clearly state your research questions or intervention. • Evaluate how your chosen topic fits into the field of psychology. • Synthesize previous scholarly research related to the topic, research questions, or intervention. • Compare and evaluate the studies and resources discussed in the literature review. • Connect gaps in the overall research to argue for the necessity of the chosen research questions or intervention. • Discuss how the existing body of research helps the chosen research questions or intervention address real-world problems and implications for the

general public. • Organize the literature review according to your message and synthesize the literature into the message. • Include a conclusion that ties together the literature addressed and reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main argument. • Ensure that the submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax. Final Project: Literature Review

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a five- to seven-page Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one- inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Critical Element Meets Expectations (100%)

In Progress (80%)

Does Not Meet Expectations (0%)

Value

State Research Question Clearly states the research questions or intervention

Does not clearly state the research questions or intervention

5

Evaluate Topic Fit to Field Evaluates how the chosen topic fits into the field of psychology

Evaluates how the chosen topic fits into the field of psychology, but evaluation is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not evaluate how the chosen topic fits into the field of psychology

5

Synthesize Research Findings

Synthesizes previous scholarly research related to the topic, research questions, or intervention

Synthesizes previous research related to the topic, research questions, or intervention, but not all research is scholarly or peer-reviewed

Does not synthesize previous scholarly research related to the topic, research questions, or intervention

10

Evaluate Studies Compares and evaluates the studies and resources discussed in the literature review

Compares the studies and resources discussed in the literature review, but does not effectively or accurately evaluate them

Does not compare or evaluate the studies and resources discussed in the literature review

15

Address Research Gaps Connects gaps in the overall research to argue for the necessity of the chosen research questions or intervention

Connects gaps in the overall research to argue for the necessity of the chosen research questions or intervention, but some relevant or pivotal gaps were not addressed

Does not connect gaps in the overall research to argue for the necessity of the chosen research questions or intervention

20

Review Contribution of Existing Research

Discusses how the existing body of research helps the chosen research questions or intervention address real- world problems and implications for the general public

Discusses how the existing body of research helps the chosen research questions or intervention address real- world problems and implications for the general public, but discussion is cursory or has gaps in logic

Does not discuss how the existing body of research helps the chosen research questions or intervention address real- world problems and implications for the general public

15

Organize and Align Literature Review to

Message

Organizes the literature review according to the message and synthesizes the literature into the message

Organizes the literature review according to the message and but improvements can be made in the way the literature is synthesized into the message

Does not organize the literature review according to the message or synthesize the literature into the message

20

Develop Synthesizing Conclusion

Includes a conclusion that ties together the literature addressed and reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main argument

Includes a conclusion that ties the literature addressed and reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main arguments, but connections are unconvincing or conclusion does not effectively connect to literature

Does not include a conclusion that ties together the literature addressed and reiterates the connection to the research questions and the main argument

5

Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has minor errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization with room for improvement

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

5

Total 100%