Critically Analyzing Professional Literature on Your Own
Critically Analyzing Professional Literature on Your Own
When reading professional articles, it is important to challenge the article’s validity by considering such questions as:
- What errors are there in the reasoning behind the article?
- Is the author attempting to put forward a particular theoretical view of the world?
- What kinds of evidence does the author muster in support of this view?
- How adequate is the evidence?
- What would you have liked to have seen in the article with respect to arguments or evidence that was not there?
Select a topic in psychology that interests you. Then, visit the Library research databases and search in the PsycINFO database for an article on the topic you selected. Review the article using a critical thinking perspective.
