PSY308: Hot Topic Assignment
What did the journalist get right?
What did the journalist get wrong, and why?
What might the journalist have said differently?
If the journalist made any causal claims, were they accurate? (Apply the 3 causal criteria).
Did the journalist focus on the same key finding as the scientists did?
Did the journalist accurately describe the procedures of the study? Did the journalist leave details
out?
In what way was the piece biased?