BEHL 1003: Psychology 1A Critical Analysis
What you need to do
This assignment consists of 2 parts and is designed to help you understand how to read, summarise and critically evaluate journal articles.
Part 1: review a journal article based on the given questions
Part 2: a written summary, critical evaluation and synthesis of three journal articles.
| Please refer to your course outline and course site for full assessment details. |
Critical review
Explore the following resources for help with critical review:
- Critical reviews (UniSA)a range of resources to help you critically review information
- Writing a critical review (UCL)Information about and examples of writing critically
- Critical reading and analysis (University of Queensland)Information on how to read and write critically
Synthesising information
Complete this video tutorial from Ashford University to learn about synthesis and using a synthesis matrix.
Explore the following resources for more help with synthesis:
- Using synthesis in your writing playlist7 short YouTube videos on how to use synthesis effectively in your writing.
- Synthesis matrix (Ashford University)Information on how to use a synthesis matrix and an example matrix
- Synthesis (Ashford University)Provides an overview of what synthesis is and how and why to synthesize
Study help
The Student Engagement Unit has created a suite of resources called Study Help that can help you understand different assignment types.
Take a look at:
- Writing and Academic LanguageResources to help you structure, format and write your assignment.
- Writing essaysThis page contains an essay overview and examples from different subject areas
- Report writing (UniSA Study Help)Overview of report writing, with a psychology example.
- Reading and note-takingA guide from UniSA's Learning Advisers.
PASS sessions are free and informal study sessions run by students who excelled in the course. Designed to help you better understand the course. Click on the link to view the timetable.