Prompt: For this milestone, due in Module Three, you will prepare a draft of the literature review due as part of your final research investigation using the three
articles for your track that you selected in Module One. Rather than following the format of a typical lengthier APA literature review, you will instead prepare
three shorter, adapted, individual literature reviews (one for each provided article). Each literature review should be one page in length. The final literature
review will consist of a total of five literature reviews (based on the three articles provided in your track and two more articles found and selected by you). The
final version of the literature review will be submitted in Module Seven as part of Final Project I. The final project is meant for you to propose a hypothetical
study. You are not and should not be conducting human subjects research for this project. It is not necessary for the purposes of this assignment. All human
subjects research requires written approval from the SNHU COCE Institutional Review Board in order to protect the welfare and ensure ethical treatment of the
subjects.
First, read and review the three provided articles for your track. Next, using the questions presented in the Module Two literature review practice journal
assignment as a guide, you will draft three literature reviews of the articles provided in your track. The questions are provided here for your convenience:
 What is the title of the article? Provide a citation for the article in APA format.
 What is the purpose of the article?
 What is the hypothesis of the study? In other words, what claims do the authors make in the article?
 What variables (factors) are being looked at as an influence on personality?
 If these variables or the relationship between these variables have been studied before, what have other studies found? This shows historical
significance.
 What type of research design is used in the study?
 Do you think the research in this article was conducted in an ethical manner? Why or why not?
Use the Literature Review Template to complete this task. Refer to the Literature Review Example to assist you.
Also: Consult the sections of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association that cover literature reviews: Section 1.02, Literature Reviews;
Section 2.01, Title; Section 2.02, Author’s Name and Institutional Affiliation; and Section 2.05, Introduction.
Refer also to the tutorials at the Smarthinking Online Tutoring Service to assist you in your writing and to the webpage SNHU Online Writing Center
for proper APA formatting of sources.
The following elements must be addressed (as also outlined in the Literature Review section of the Final Project I Guidelines and Rubric document):
I. Literature Review: In this part of the assessment, you will analyze foundational research presented in the course for how the field of personality
psychology has changed over time, how researchers have designed research to study personality, and how issues of ethics have been addressed
historically in the field.
A. Summarize the claims made by the authors of the foundational research presented in the course regarding how personality develops. In other
words, what claims are made by the research about how human personality develops?
B. Summarize the claims made by the authors of the foundational research presented in the course regarding how personality is assessed. In other
words, what claims are made by the research about how personality has been determined by assessments?
C. Explain how the view of personality has evolved over the history of personality psychology. Be sure to support with examples from research to
support your claim.
D. Explain the conclusions you can reach about research in personality psychology. In other words, explain what we know about personality, based
on your review of the research presented in the course. Be sure to support your analysis with examples from research to support your claim.
E. Describe the specific research designs used in the foundational research presented in the course used to address research questions. For
example, what were the specific methods used to address their research question? What type of research design was used?
F. Explain how research designs were used by authors to conduct research in personality psychology. In other words, how did the research designs
used by researchers help in conducting research regarding personality psychology?
G. Discuss how issues of ethics have been addressed in the foundational research presented in the course. For example, how did the authors
inform the participants of what the experiment would entail? How did the authors account for any potential risks to participants associated with
the study?
H. Discuss how issues of ethics in personality psychology have been viewed historically. In other words, how have issues of ethics in the field been
viewed over time? Has this view changed as the field has progressed? Be sure to support your response with examples from research to support
your claims.
Guidelines for Submission: Your literature review draft must be submitted with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and
discipline-appropriate citations in APA format. Each of the three literature reviews should be one page in length.
Rubric
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Literature Review:
Personality Develops
Summarizesthe evidence
presented in the foundational
research explored in the course
regarding how personality
develops
Summarizesthe evidence
presented in the foundational
research explored in the course
regarding how personality
develops, but summary is cursory
or containsinaccuracies
Does not summarize the evidence
presented in the foundational
research explored in the course
regarding how personality
develops
12
Literature Review:
Personality Assessed
Summarizesthe evidence
presented in the foundational
research explored in the course
regarding how personality is
assessed
Summarizesthe evidence
presented in the foundational
research explored in the course
regarding how personality is
assessed, but summary is cursory
or containsinaccuracies
Does not summarize the evidence
presented in the foundational
research explored in the course
regarding how personality is
assessed
12
Literature Review:
History
Explains how the view of
personality has evolved over the
history of the field using
examplesfrom the research
Explains how the view of
personality has evolved over the
history of the field, but
explanation is cursory or lacks
examplesfrom research
Does not explain how the view of
personality has evolved over the
history of the field
12
Literature Review:
Personality Psychology
Explainsthe conclusionsthat can
be reached about personality
psychology, based on analysis of
the research presented in the
course using examples from the
research
Explainsthe conclusionsthat can
be drawn about personality
psychology presented in the
course, but explanation is
cursory, containsinaccuracies, or
lacks examplesfrom research
Does not explain the conclusions
that can be drawn about
personality psychology
12
Literature Review:
Research Designs
Describesthe specific research
designs in the foundational
research presented in the course
used to addressresearch
questions
Describesthe research designsin
the foundational research
presented in the course used to
addressresearch questions, but
description is cursory, contains
inaccuracies, or response does
not reference specific research
designs from the research
Does not describe the research
designs in the foundational
research presented in the course
used to addressresearch
questions
12
Literature Review:
Conduct Research
Explains how research designs
were used by authorsin the
research presented in the course
to conduct research
Explains how research designs
were used by authorsin the
research presented in the course
to conduct research, but
explanation is cursory or contains
inaccuracies
Does not explain how research
designs were used by authorsin
the research presented in the
course to conduct research
10
Literature Review:
Issues of Ethics
Discusses how issues of ethics
have been addressed in the
foundational research presented
in the course using examples
from the research
Discusses how issues of ethics
have been addressed in the
foundational research presented
in the course but discussion is
cursory, containsinaccuracies, or
lacks examplesfrom research
Does not discuss how issues of
ethics have been addressed in the
foundational research presented
in the course
10
Literature Review:
Viewed
Discusses how issues of ethics in
personality psychology have been
viewed historically using
examplesfrom the research
Discusses how issues of ethics in
personality psychology have been
viewed historically, but discussion
is cursory, containsinaccuracies,
or lacks examplesfrom research
Does not discuss how issues of
ethicsin personality psychology
have been viewed historically
10
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact readability
and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
10
Total 100%