PSY 530 Final Project Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: This milestone will help you get started on the final project by selecting a classic and more current study and writing a detailed summary of each.

Prompt: First, choose a classic study from the Ten Classic Studies list. Second, find a more current study on the same general topic that was conducted and
published in the past 10 years. For example, you could choose Milgram’s obedience study AND choose a modern study on obedience (for example, obedience in
the workplace, military, or perhaps another setting).

Summarize each of the two studies in detail. Include the reference for each study. Your summary for each article should include information about the literature
review, research question or hypothesis, methodology, results, and the conclusion.

Guidelines for Submission: This summary should be a paper of about two double-spaced pages, submitted in Microsoft Word, with double spacing, 12-point
Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and all sources cited in APA format within the document and in the reference list.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Sources and
Citation

Correctly cites selected studies
using APA style with the document
and in the reference list

Cites selected studies but does not
properly apply APA style

Does not provide citations 15

Research
Question or
Hypothesis

Accurately identifies the research
questions or hypothesis for the
selected studies

States research questions or
hypothesis for the selected studies
in a manner that is cursory,
inaccurate, or incomplete

Does not state research questions
or hypotheses for the selected
studies

15

Literature
Review

Accurately summarizes the
literature review for each study,
including the most essential past
research

Summarizes the literature review
for each study, but in a manner that
is inaccurate or does not reference
essential past research

Does not summarize the literature
review for each study

15

Research
Methodology

Accurately describes the social
psychological approach or
methodology used in the selected
studies

Describes the social psychological
approach used in the selected
studies but in a manner that is
cursory or inaccurate

Does not describe the social
psychological methodology or
approach used in the selected
studies

15

Research Results Accurately describes the results or
findings of the selected studies

Describes the results or findings of
the selected studies but in a
manner that is cursory or inaccurate

Does not describe the results or
findings of the selected studies

15

Research
Conclusions

Accurately describes the
conclusions reached in each
selected study

Describes the conclusions reached
in each study but the description is
cursory or inaccurate

Does not describe the conclusions
reached in each study

15

Articulation of
Response

Submission has no major errors
related to grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization

Submission has major errors related
to grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main
ideas

Submission has critical errors
related to grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization that prevent
understanding of ideas

10

Earned Total 100%

PSY 530 Ten Classic Studies
With Shapiro Library References

1. Stanford Prison Experiment: Phillip Zimbardo

Zimbardo, P. G. (2007). Revisiting the Stanford prison experiment: A lesson in the power of
situation. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 53(30), B6–B7.

Or

Haney, C., Banks, W. C., & Zimbardo, P. G. (1973). Interpersonal dynamics in a simulated prison.

International Journal of Criminology and Penology, 1, 69–97.

2. Obedience to Authority: Stanley Milgram
Milgram, S. (1965). Some conditions of obedience and disobedience to authority. Human

Relations, 18(1), 57–76.

3. Cognitive Dissonance and Insufficient Rewards: Leon Festinger
Festinger, L. (1961). The psychological effects of insufficient rewards. American Psychologist,

16(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0045112

4. Imitation of Aggression: Albert Bandura
Bandura, A., Ross, D., & Ross, S. A. (1963). Imitation of film-mediated aggressive models. The

Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 66(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0048687

5. Bystander Effect, Helping Behavior: John Latane and Bibb Darley
Darley, J. M., & Latane, B. (1968). Bystander intervention in emergencies: Diffusion of

responsibility. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 8(4), 377–383.
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0025589

6. Conformity to a Majority: Solomon Asch

Asch, S. E. (1956). Studies of independence and conformity: A minority of one against a
unanimous majority. Psychological Monographs, 70(9), 1–70.

7. Groupthink: Irving Janis

Janis, I. L. (1973). Groupthink and group dynamics: A social psychological analysis of defective
policy decisions. Policy Studies Journal, 2(1), 19–26.

8. Evolution and Sexual Strategies: David Buss

Buss, D. M., & Schmitt, D. P. (1993). Sexual strategies theory: An evolutionary perspective on
human mating. Psychological Review, 100(2), 204–32.

9. Intergroup Conflict and Prejudice: Muzafer Sherif

Sherif, M. (1958). Superordinate goals in the reduction of intergroup conflict. American Journal
of Sociology, 63(4), 349–356.

10. The Halo Effect: Richard Nisbett

Nisbett, R. E., & Wilson, T. D. (1977). The halo effect: Evidence for unconscious alteration of
judgments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35(4), 250–256.