Write a 3–5 page literature review incorporating scholarly sources. You will introduce a hypothesis for a research study that will be conducted throughout the course.
Throughout this course, you will work on a research project related to the topic of grit and openness (one of the Big 5 personality traits). You will have a research question, but before you conduct research (later in the course, the research data will be provided for you to analyze), you need to develop a problem statement, identify the gap in the literature that leads to this research, and provide supporting literature on this topic through a literature review, which will be the first part of your project.
Your literature review provides an overview of existing scholarly literature on the research topic. It helps the reader understand the current state of knowledge on the topic, and the gaps, or what is not yet known or addressed in research. It provides context on why this research topic is important.For this assessment, write a 3–5 page literature review, incorporating at least seven peer-reviewed journal articles as sources. At least two articles should be from the last 3–5 years, and at least one article should be a study from an international source (a journal published outside the United States or written by authors from outside the United States) or one that includes non-Western participants. You may use the articles provided in the Research Project reading list. For this assessment, you may benefit from analyzing one or more of your articles using the Literature Review Matrix [DOCX].
Write Your Literature Review
Use the Literature Review Template [DOCX] for instructions on what to include. Ensure that each main point of your paper is supported clearly with evidence from your sources. Under some points, there are guiding questions to guide your thinking, but be sure to consult the Literature Review scoring guide to make sure you cover all that will be assessed.
In the template, address the following points:
- Explain the key research question and why it’s important. A distinguished review would also define key psychological concepts and ideas.
- Explain key findings and evidence from among articles. A distinguished review would explain how the key findings and evidence are similar and different.
- Synthesize the major themes among at least five articles into a summary. In a distinguished review, this would include a summary of what is known and most meaningful about the topic.
- Describe the theory that will support your research plan, and for a distinguished review, how the selected theory is relevant to the research problem.
- State a gap in the literature that your study can fill. A distinguished review would use relevant peer-reviewed scholarly articles.
- Clearly state the hypothesis of your research. For a distinguished review, the hypothesis would be both specific and measurable.
- Include an APA style reference for all sources cited.
Once you complete your work in this required template, submit your literature review paper for grading.