Find and critique an article regarding a current event related to the field of psychology

Assignment Guidelines:

Take your article from a popular publication such as Time, Newsweek, US News and World Report, etc. You can use the RSS feed located in the main menu as a place to begin your search. The article must have been published within the past year.
Do not use an Internet blog, a professional journal, or newspaper article. These sources are likely either too brief or too complex for this assignment. Look for a thorough article that is written for the general public. Ensure that your article relates to psychology and one of the subjects covered in the course. (We can decide on a subject).Make sure that the article has sufficient depth and breadth (enough content and specific information) to allow a thorough critique.

Critiques of the article must include the following:

Identify and articulate the key issue(s) in the article. Identify information/evidence in the article that supports its point of view and/or conclusions.
Analyze both the student’s and the author’s assumptions regarding the article’s point of view and/or conclusions.
Identify background information relevant to the article’s point of view and conclusions.
Explore and evaluate the issue(s) relevance to real world problems and solutions.
Clarify the student’s own position, perspective and/or hypothesis.
Explain the conclusions, implications and/or consequences of the article. Paper Requirements:
The APA style format must be used in writing the paper.
It should be between 5-7 pages in length (not including the title and reference page), and any material used in writing the paper must be properly cited according to the APA format with a complete bibliography of all source material

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Social Psychology

Introduction

Social psychology is the scientific study of how individuals’ behaviours, thoughts, and feelings are influenced by imagined, actual, and implied presence of natural things. Individuals’ behaviours are usually influenced by one or two factors. This is a branch of psychology that deals with individual behaviour and way of thinking depending on a number of factors. The purpose of this paper is to critic a particular psychological article where individuals’ food purchase is affected by music.

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