BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY topics to choose from:
Behavioral Genetics
Comparative Psychology of Vision
Comparative Psychology of Audition
Comparative Psychology of Motor Systems
Visual Processing in the Primate Brain
Auditory Processing in the Primate Brain
1. Select a Biological Psychology topic of interest.
– Find at least 6 academic journal articles on the topic.
– Articles must be different from materials used in the course (i.e., textbook, lecture add-on materials).
– For suitable articles, visit the SMU library website for academic search engines that contain academic, peer-reviewed journal articles.
2. Combine information from your articles to answer these questions:
Purpose: Why is the topic that you chose important to study?
Research methods: How is the topic studied?
Results: What are the results of the research studies?
Discussion/conclusion: What are the future directions of the research?
Limitations: What are the limitations of the findings and how can future research overcome them?