PSYC 255 Introduction to Research Sample Papers, Week by Week

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PSYC 255 pairs the APA Publication Manual with Crawford's Introduction to Research: Less Fright, More Insight. These samples move from why psychology students need research methods and psychology's replication efforts, through three ways to measure loneliness, a social media headline diagrammed for third variables and a guide to designing a case study around the patient H.M., to interviews versus surveys, a synthesis of four lessons with a biblical critique, and whether Milgram's obedience study could be approved today.

CoursePSYC 255 Introduction to Research (PSYC255)
Credit hours3
ProgramBS in Psychology
Length8 Module/Weeks, online
Weeks with written work7 of 8
Samples on this site7 week sample papers
SourcesLiberty's 2026-2027 catalog and the published PSYC 255 course guide
UpdatedOctober 2026

What PSYC 255 covers

Forums fall in Modules/Weeks 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8; each thread runs 250 words or more with at least one APA citation from the textbooks, the Bible or scholarly articles, and each reply to two or more classmates runs 100 words or more.

The APA Assignment in Module/Week 3 and the Case Study Paper in Module/Week 5 are short papers of two to four pages, and the Synthesis Paper in Module/Week 7 runs four to eight pages and is worth 130 points.

Liberty's 2026-2027 catalog describes PSYC 255 Introduction to Research this way:
Students will receive an introduction to psychological research techniques and methodology. Course content is designed to improve students' overall understanding of research methods of the social sciences. Course content will address concepts related to research methodology, how to communicate ideas about science, and an overview of both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

PSYC 255 week by week, with the sample for each

WeekWritten work in the course guidePointsSample
Week 1DB Forum 1 (Course Requirements Checklist and Quiz 1 also due)60Read the Week 1 sample
Week 2DB Forum 2 (Quiz 2 also due)60Read the Week 2 sample
Week 3APA Assignment on course-provided questions and Quiz 3 onlyNo written paper this week
Week 4DB Forum 3 (Quiz 4 also due)60Read the Week 4 sample
Week 5Case Study Paper (Quiz 5 also due)75Read the Week 5 sample
Week 6DB Forum 4 (Quiz 6 also due)60Read the Week 6 sample
Week 7Synthesis Paper130Read the Week 7 sample
Week 8DB Forum 5 (Quiz 7 also due)60Read the Week 8 sample

Where PSYC 255 papers lose points

PSYC 255 work loses points when forum citations are missing or mis-formatted, when correlational findings are written up as causes, when measurement choices go unreported, when qualitative research is dismissed as unscientific, and when the synthesis paper splits into an unrelated reflection and devotional.

Using a PSYC 255 sample well

The samples cite Crawford, the APA Publication Manual, Nosek and colleagues, Flake and Fried, Rohrer, Crowe and colleagues, Scoville and Milner, Levitt and colleagues, Entwistle, Haslam and colleagues, Burger and the APA Ethics Code.

PSYC 255 questions, answered

What textbooks does PSYC 255 use?

The APA Publication Manual and Crawford's Introduction to Research: Less Fright, More Insight, with chapters from each assigned in every module.

Is PSYC 255 mostly statistics?

No; the course focuses on understanding research design, measurement, ethics and APA writing, and its quizzes and papers test concepts rather than calculation.

How many quizzes are in PSYC 255?

Seven open-book, open-notes quizzes of 30 multiple-choice questions each, with a one-hour limit, worth 60 points apiece.

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