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Developing a research proposal is a good way to experience the research aspects of social psychology firsthand without conducting an actual research study

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Developing a research proposal is a good way to experience the research aspects of social psychology firsthand without conducting an actual research study.

In this assignment, you need to develop a research proposal. Your research proposal must be a 10–12-page document and include the following sections:

• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Methodology
• Discussion and Conclusion
• References

Each week, you will concentrate on creating a section of the research proposal. The Methodology section may be based on either of the two major research designs, quantitative and qualitative. You will develop the final project as the course progresses by collating all the sections and incorporating them into a final proposal due for submission in Week 10.

This Week

Work on the Introduction section of the research proposal. Include the following:

• Select a topic for your research project.
• Explain why this topic is of interest to you (Be careful not to use first-person as this is a formal paper).
• Explain the topic and describe the potential research areas in the topic.

Choosing your topic:

The best way to choose a topic is to research the topic before you choose it.

One of the biggest challenges in finding articles for your topic is that your topic may not have much in the way of research. The remedy for this is, when you first have an idea for a topic, to go to the online library and do a quick search on current research for your topic. If you can find several articles on your topic, you're good to go. If you can't, it would be good to modify your topic a bit or even change it until you find one that will generate the needed articles for your reviews.

When searching for articles scan first and read later:

You can speed up your article search if you focus mainly on three things.

• Look at the journal name-it may provide some insight into access to other articles. Many journals are specific to a certain discipline or area of study.
• Review the abstract first-the abstract will provide valuable information on what the article may hold. Keep in mind that the abstract does not contain all the information you need. It is imperative to read the entire article if you choose it as one of the articles you will use.
• Identifying the article as research. There are many non-research articles in scholarly journal articles but they may not work for your paper.
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  PART TWO

• Literature Review Part I

  During Weeks 2 to 6, you will create the Literature Review section of the research proposal.This week, you will develop Part 1 (first two articles) of the Literature Review section. While developing Part 1, use the following guidelines:
  • Find at least two articles on the selected topic using the South University Online Library databases (EBSCOhost or ProQuest) only. Your textbook, Wikipedia, or any other Web source will not be accepted for this assignment.
  • Write a short summary (one to two paragraphs) for each article.
  • Write a brief analysis (one to two paragraphs) for each article and relate each analysis to your course and textbook readings.
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