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Homework: Summarization

Overview

Throughout your coursework and professional career, it is extremely important that you write in your own words. You will often be tasked with reading psychological materials and then required to incorporate the content into a paper or other type of written or oral presentation. At times, the material you are reading might be quite technical, and it may be challenging for you to present these ideas in your own words. This is your opportunity to practice this important skill.

Review the following websites to learn about summarizing:

1) Purdue Owl: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
2) Example of a Summary

Instructions:

1) Read the passage below from your textbook.
2) Think about the main ideas contained in the passage.
3) In your own words, summarize the main ideas in paragraph form with a minimum of four complete sentences.

Textbook Passage:

Science is influenced not only by its historical context but also by the prevailing social and cultural context. This prevailing context is sometimes referred to as the zeitgeist - the spirit of the times. Psychological research and its application exist in a reciproval relationship with society: research has an effect on and is affected by society. The social and cultural context can influence what researchers choose to study, the resources available to support their research, and society's acceptance of their findings. For example, researchers have developed new programs because of an increasing emphasis on women's issues (and because of increasing numbers of women doing research). Topics in this emerging area include the "glass ceiling" that impedes women's advancement in organizations, the interplay between work and family for dual-career couples, the effects of availability of quality child care on productivity in the workforce and on children's development. Social and cultural attitudes can affect not only what researchers study but how they choose to do their research. Society's attitude toward bilingualism, for instance, can affect whether researchers emphasize problems that arise for bilingual education or the benefits that children gain from bilingual education (p. 10).

References

Shaughnessy, J.J., Zechmeister, E. B., & Zechmeister, J. S. (2015). Research methods in psychology (10th ed.) McGraw-Hill.