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Question: PSY101 Fundamentals of Psychology, Post University
What is the Difference between a Scholarly Journal Article and a Popular Magazine Article?
It is important that the information you learn about Psychology is supported by strong academic research. Research that is published in peer-reviewed journals is considered scholarly work. For this assignment you will distinguish between a scholarly journal article and a popular magazine article.
Instructions: 1. Please view the following tutorials on scholarly versus non-scholarly sources and how to access scholarly sources using the Post University Online Library databases in Unit 2. They can be found under "Unit 2: Scholarly Source Assignment".
• Tutorial: Academic Journals, Trade Journals and Popular Magazines: How are they Different?
• Tutorial: Accessing Scholarly Journal Articles Through the Post University Library
2. Write aminimum one-page essay following these guidelines:
• Summarize the characteristics of each type of article.
• Compare and contrast a scholarly journal article with a popular magazine article by including three ways they are similar and three ways they are different.
• Choose a scholarly article related to your coursepaper topic and a non-scholarly article directly related to your topic and explain how they are similar and different. Please use specific examples from each article. Remember that you can find a list of course paper topics in the course paper instructions under Course Information.
• Make sure to include citations references to your articles.