March 18th, 2019 
adminTopic of my final research project: Emphasis on the Social psychology of religion and the effects of religious traditions practices and beliefs and what role religion plays in mental health. In the specific case of social psychology understanding the effects of religion on mental health. In many cases religion can help people in dealing withmajor life stressors such as natural disaster illness loss of loved ones divorce and serious mental illness show that religion and spirituality are generally helpful to people in coping on the other hand some forms of religious and spiritual coping can be more problematic.
PSY 224 Milestone Two Worksheet: Hypothesis and Methodology
Review the critical elements that must be addressed in the final project. Use this worksheet to develop Milestone Two.
I. Introduction
a. State your hypothesis. The hypothesis should be logical and appropriate to the topic you want to research.
b. Explain where your hypothesis fits in the context of the literature review. [Discuss how the hypothesis is related to the literature you have reviewed. Is it the same? Different? Or logically derived from research you have presented? Be sure to discuss how you have come to the hypothesis based on research.]
c. Discuss specific examples from relevant literature that support your hypothesis. [Provide one or two examples of research that support your hypothesis. They can be examples from the research you have presented in the literature review.]
II. Methods
a. Explain the research design and method you selected and justify why they are appropriate for your research. [Here you should describe your research method and explain why you have chosen this method. Please refer to page 29 in the APA Manual to learn how to properly divide the method section into subsections.]
b. Discuss the research participants that will be involved in your study including how they will be selected and how many will be used. [You should begin by describing the group of people you will need to participate in your study. You should mention specific characteristics like age gender etc. that will be needed for your study. Additionally discuss how many are needed and where they will be recruited from.]
PSY 224 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
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.
Overview: In Milestone Two you will submit your proposed hypothesis and research design.
Submit the Milestone Two Worksheet. For the hypothesis you should give a brief overview of what you expect to find in your area of research based on the research you have gathered. Be sure that your hypothesis is clear and supported by literature using specific examples from the literature. Next you should discuss the specific method that you will use for your research proposal for example an experimental design a correlational design a survey or a case study. You should also discuss the details of how this method will be used. For example if you are using an experimental design you will need to identify the independent and dependent variables of the experiment. Or if you are using a survey discuss how the survey will be carried out. How will you ensure the questions are well formulated?
Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. IntroductionE. Hypothesis
State your hypothesis. The hypothesis should be logical and appropriate to the topic you want to research.
Explain where your hypothesis fits in the context of the literature reviewed.
Discuss specific examples from relevant literature that support your hypothesis.
II. MethodsA. Methodology
Explain the research design and method you selected and justify why they are appropriate for your research.
Discuss the research participants that will be involved in your study including how they will be selected and how many will be used.
Guidelines for Submission: Complete the Milestone Two Worksheet using complete sentences. Consult the guidelines for following APA style found in the 6th edition of the APA Manual. Your worksheet must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document with double spacing 12-point Times New Roman font one-inch margins and at least the two sources cited in APA format from Milestone One and any other literature you have examined to formulate your hypothesis as references.
Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information review these instructions.
Critical Elements
Proficient (100%)
Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%)
Value
Introduction: Hypothesis: State Your Hypothesis
States a logical and appropriate hypothesis
States a hypothesis but it is illogical or inappropriate
Does not state a hypothesis
20
Introduction: Hypothesis: Hypothesis Context
Explains where hypothesis fits in context of literature reviewed
Explains where hypothesis fits in context of literature reviewed but explanation is cursory or illogical
Does not explain where hypothesis fits in context of literature reviewed
20
Introduction: Hypothesis: Specific Examples
Discusses specific examples from relevant literature that support the hypothesis
Discusses specific examples from relevant literature but discussion is cursory or illogical or not all examples support the hypothesis
Does not discuss specific examples from relevant literature
20
Methods: Methodology: Research Design and Methods
Explains the research design and method selected and justifies why they are appropriate
Explains the research design and method selected and justifies why they are appropriate but the design or method is not appropriate for the research or justification is illogical
Does not explain the research design and method selected and justify why they are appropriate
15
Methods: Methodology: Research Participants
Discusses the research participants who will be involved in the study
Discusses the research participants who will be involved in the study but discussion is cursory
Does not discuss the research participants who will be involved in the study
15
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%
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