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PSYCHOLOGY

Assessment - Critical Analysis

Assessment comprises two (2) tasks: 1) a review of a journal article based on given questions; and 2) a written summary, critical evaluationand synthesis of three journal articles that discuss a similar theme.

This assignment is designed to help you understand how to read, summarise and critically evaluate journal articles. Critical evaluation is an important skill required for understanding scientific psychological evidence and developing scientific arguments. You would also need to continuously demonstrate this skill in the different courses in your study program. In the workplace, you would regularly be expected to critically read, review and evaluate different types of documents.

Assessment 2: Written summary and critical evaluation of three (3) journal articles

The second part of this assessment task tests your ability to effectively summarise and critically evaluate three (3) journal articles (see below) on a similar theme/topic. Your summary should effectively conclude by drawing on the effect of sleep on eating behaviour based on your critical evaluation of the research presented in the articles. The articles you need to summarise are listed below and can be downloaded from the assessment tab on the Learnonline site. Please note that the referencing here is not correct as you are required provide a reference list as part of this assignment.

First, read the articles below individually and use the questions provided in the table below to help you summarise each article. Then, synthesise your findings of the three articles. Finally, write one cohesive and coherent summary and evaluation discussing your findings. You will only need to submit the final summary for grades.

Articles:
• The Association of Sleep Duration with Adolescents' Fat and Carbohydrate Consumption. Weiss et al.(2010)**please note this is the same article you reviewed in assignment 2.1***
• Acute Changes in Sleep Duration on Eating Behaviours and Appetite-Regulating Hormones in Overweight/Obese Adults. Hart et al. (2015)
• Effects of Experimental Sleep Restriction on Caloric Intake and Activity Energy Expenditure.Calvin et al. (2013)

Introduction:
Write a brief introduction to your review (just a couple of sentences will suffice)

Body:

In the body section:
o briefly state the main message of the three articles and the aim of the studies;
o write a summary synthesising your findings from the three articles based on the questions highlighted in the ‘introduction, methods, results and critique' sections of the table; and
o ensure that your discussion is a summary and synthesis of the three articles and not just answers to the questions about each article, separately.

Conclusion:

In the conclusion section bring the summary together by addressing the following questions based on your evaluation of the three articles (you can refer to the conclusion/discussion section of the journal articles to help you with this):
• What are the implications of this research?
• What are the recommendations for future research?

Draw a conclusion on the effect of sleep duration on eating behaviour based on an evaluation of the research.

Attachment:- Critical Analysis Instructions.rar