The Development of My Annotated Bibliography

Hello classmates,

This has been a long and educational journey.  I would like to begin with my research question:

Neurobiophysiology verses psychotherapy, which field of study is more dominant in the field of psychology?

Ultimately my goal was to learn more about each field so that I could narrow down the path that I want to follow in my new career.  There are so many interesting aspects of psychology and many directions to take that even narrowing it down to the two branches was not easy, I wanted my research question to be more like “Neurobiopsysiology vs. psychotherapy vs. Interactive Therapy vs. Clinical vs. Forensic Psychology” but I didn’t think that I would be able to conduct all of the research necessary during the timeframe of this class (and I don’t think that Professor Macomber would have approved my question).  

In order to answer my question, I wanted to learn about the current studies that were being conducted, and understand the depth that each discipline follows.  The deeper I read and researched, the more amazing material I found, I could do this for a year and not run out of material, but I did have to stop at some point.

My search paths have a definite improvement from the way I started this class, I always thought that Google knew what I was talking about, so I would type my question and hope for the best.  Now I understand Boolean searches, using AND, and also quotation marks, plus I love the limitations I can add to my search such as “time frame” and “full-text only and “full download available”  Knowing this way to search has changed my world.  For this assignment I added my first key word, then changed my AND word, even added and additional AND word, I had to change my first word and then results were fantastic.  Even though neurobiophysiology is a real word, it’s fairly new to the industry and didn’t come up in searches.  From my first search in the beginning of this class of: “Oh my gosh, what the heck is this stuff? To my last search when I wanted to read every article that I found, I am a changed person thanks to this class.  I hit the jackpot when I found the last book:  Pioneering Studies in Cognitive Neuroscience.

The sources that I used are all credible because I used the CRAAP test (I still can’t say that without giggling).  I made sure that my information was current, it was related to my topic, the sources had qualified credentials, there was evidence to back-up the information and there were not any political or religious affiliations to my knowledge.

I was able to learn about the technological advances, studies that are being conducted today by some of the brilliant minds in the field.  Knowing what is current will allow me to (outside of this class) search, based on what I learned here, for research labs, and institutions in my area that are hiring for the work that I am most interested in.

With the understanding that the field of psychology changes with our culture, there will always be different things to study.  For example, learning about the effects of videos games in today’s youth was not a question on anyone’s mind in the 1960’s.  Also, today we know so much more about the brain, so the expansion of experiments and field studies increases exponentially.  References

Books:

Villalba, E., & Costa, A. (2013). Horizons in Neuroscience Research. New York: Nova Science Publishers. Roche, R. P., & Commins, S. (2009). Pioneering Studies in Cognitive Neuroscience. Maidenhead, England: McGraw-Hill Education.

Online Resources:

OGDEN PHD, J. So You Want to Be a Neuropsychologist? In-text: (Ogden PhD)

Bibliography: Ogden PhD, Jenni. 'So You Want To Be A Neuropsychologist?'. Psychology Today. N.p., 2015. Web. 17 June 2015.

BUCKS, R. S., OLAITHE, M. and EASTWOOD, P. (2013), Neurocognitive function in obstructive sleep apnoea: A meta-review. Respirology, 18: 61–70. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02255.x

Peer Reviewed/Academic Journals:

Marlatt, L. (2014). THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY BEHIND CHOICE THEORY: FIVE BASIC NEEDS. International Journal Of Choice Theory & Reality Therapy,34(1), 16-21.

Scarpazza, C., Braghittoni, D., Casale, B., Malagú, S., Mattioli, F., di Pellegrino, G., & Ladavas, E. (2013). Education protects against cognitive changes associated with multiple sclerosis. Restorative Neurology & Neuroscience, 31(5), 619-631. doi:10.3233/RNN-120261