Students are asked to find one source of popular psychology, such as a video clip from Dr. Phil's show, and one source of empirical research from a database. They must answer questions about the issue addressed, who is asking, what data supports any assertions, and whether the data supports claims made. Students should also consider other perspectives and identify reliable sources.

1. Students shall locate one source of popular psychology and one
source of empirical research.Sources of pop psychology include
televisions shows(e.g, Dr. Phil video clip on Youtube) or
internet sources(e.g,blogg or news snippets) Empirical research
should come from a literature search in PSYINFO.
1. What is the question or issue addressed.
2.Who is asking the question?
3.What data and facts are used to support the assertion? Where
do these data and facts come from?
4.Be sure to provide a link source of the non-empirical
reference as well?
5.What reference is reached based on these data facts? Do these
data, in fact support the claim being made?
6.Are there other points of view or ways of explaining the
results, or assertion made?
7.What is the reliable source of information?