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By Kendra Van Wagner, About.com Guide to Psychology since 2005

How to Write a Psychology Critique Paper

Thursday September 20, 2007
Reader Question
"I have to write a critique on research, but I have only taken an Intro to Psychology class and have never written a critique before. Can you please give me some info on how to write a good critique?"

Most psychology students will need to write a critique paper at some point. Students may be asked to critique a journal article, essay, book, body of research, or psychological theory.

In order to write a good critique, students need to know how to structure a critique paper as well as understand what they should look for when reading the source material.

Learn more in this article on how to write a psychology critique paper.

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