PSYC FPX 3210 assessment 1

Analyzing Sources

Government Data

Answer the following questions according to data from the following:

U.S. Census Bureau. (2018). Income and Poverty in the United States: 2018.

How many people in the United States who were under the age of 18 lived at or below poverty level in 2018?

12,759

How many people who were 65 and older lived at or below poverty level in 2018?

4,893

What would psychologists do with government data?

Psychologists can make inferences upon the population of data that was gathered through government data.

Using the Library

In the Capella University Library, using Summons, search for children and poverty. How many results does this give you?

2,450,109

Click Databases, click Databases A-Z, click PSYCArticles. From the Capella library home page, search children and poverty.

From your PSYCArticles search results, in the bar on your left side, check Peer Reviewed, and change the publication dates to 2014 to 2018. How many results do you have now?

1,752

In your results within PSYCArticles, in the bar to your left, find Subject: Major Heading and click on Show More, and then scroll down to mental health and place a check in it. Click Update. How many results now do you have?

94

In your results, in the bar to your left, find Subject and click Show More, and scroll to life satisfaction and put a check next to it. Click Update. Now how many results do you have?

Click on the title of the first result, then look to the right bar and click Cite. Then scroll to APA. Copy and paste.

PSYC FPX 3210 Assessment 1 Analyzing Sources

Berry, J. W., & Hou, F. (2016). Immigrant acculturation and wellbeing in Canada. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 57(4), 254–264. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000064

Click the title of the second result, then to the right bar, click Cite. Then scroll to APA. Copy and paste.

Sutter, M., & Perrin, P. B. (2016). Discrimination, mental health, and suicidal ideation among LGBTQ people of color. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63(1), 98–105. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000126

Are these two articles about children and poverty?

No, these articles are about immigration and how discrimination affects minority groups.

What could you have done differently to get results that were about children and poverty?

To get results about children and poverty, I could try to use more targeted key words or different topics concerning the articles that I am searching for.

Using Scholarly Articles

Find the following article in the Capella library and then use it to answer the following questions:

Wang, Y., & Rodgers, R. (2006). Impact of service-learning and social justice education on college students’ cognitive development. NASPA Journal, 43(2), 316–337. doi:10.2202/1949-6605.1642

Read the information in the section Methodology. Describe the sample instructor and student population (who participated), number of courses, and the type of institution. Use the proper in-text citation.

There were seven teachers from six service-learning courses in this research who were invited to participate and be with the students and their teachers in these courses. They were arranged by Midwestern State University (Wang & Rodgers, 2006).

What do we know about the generalizability of this study? In the researcher’s language, are findings of this study generalizable?

It may be difficult to use this research for the entire populace. The researchers were keen to include students from such courses who also indicated their level of studies. This research is aiming at that group of individuals, not students who are at a different study level as well.

PSYC FPX 3210 Assessment 1 Analyzing Sources

Find the following article in the library and then use it to answer the following questions:

Sutter, M., & Perrin, P. B. (2016). Discrimination, mental health, and suicidal ideation among LGBTQ people of color. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 63(1), 98–105.

Read the information in the section Method – Participants. Explain the sample population (who participated) in your own words. Use the correct citation.

The participants of this study were LGBTQ participants, of a racial/ethnic minority group and 18 years of age or older. The data were collected by means of an online survey.

Other than the participants of this survey, who else can the findings be valid for? In research terminology, to whom can the findings be generalized?

These results can be generalized to any LGBTQ individual, whether he/she is from racial minority groups or otherwise. These results can even be generalized to individuals who are merely from minority groups. Numerous individuals are being discriminated against these days, whether race, gender, sexuality, religion, etc. and the negative effects that it has, can be generalized to numerous individuals.