Adolescence
Exploring Lifespan Development, Books a la Carte Edition
Adolescence Written Assignment
Using the “Library Resources” tab on the vertical menu to the left, find a recent scholarly science paper relevant to Chapter 11 or 12 using the Marymount library databases.
Write a summary of the paper.
Your summary should include answers to the following questions.
What was the hypothesis?
What was the research method used?
What did the research data reveal?
What was the author’s conclusion?
What does this new data mean for science? Does it change the way we look at old ideas and/or theories?
Why is the information in the paper important to the world, you, and the class?
Requirements:
1) The science paper has to be from the year 2018.
2) Your paper summary needs to include a the title of the paper you are summarizing, and the authors‘ names.
3) Your paper summary needs to be at least a half page double-spaced. (1/2 page, Double Spaced)
4) In-text citations and bibliography must be in APA format.
Answer preview
According to Kray, Schmitt, Lorenz, & Ferdinand (2018), the study hypothesizes that the type of incentives found explains the inconsistencies that in other studies concerning adolescent development. The study chose to make use of the neuroscientific methods of data collection to determine the effect that incentives had on the brain of a person and ultimately the decision making process. Neuroscientific methods are considered to be better than the use of observation and the use of questionnaires used in other studies…
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