What This Document Is
This document is a worksheet for students in Capella University’s PSYC 3002: Developing a Psychology Perspective course. It combines the CRAAP Test – a tool for evaluating the credibility of information sources – with a library exercise focused on locating and identifying details of a specific academic article within the Capella Library’s Summon database. It is designed to be completed as part of Week Three coursework.
Why This Document Matters
This worksheet is essential for students learning to critically assess information, a core skill in psychology and research. It’s used when students are tasked with finding and evaluating sources for assignments, ensuring they rely on credible and reliable information. The library component helps students become proficient in using Capella’s library resources.
Common Limitations or Challenges
This worksheet provides the *structure* for evaluating a source and finding an article, but it does not *teach* research skills in depth. Students are expected to have prior knowledge of information literacy and library search techniques. It also only provides a single example article to locate.
What This Document Provides
The full document includes:
* Detailed instructions for using the CRAAP Test (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose).
* A completed example of the CRAAP Test applied to the webpage "10 Common Myths About Therapy."
* Specific directions for locating an article by Dr. Arch Mainous in the Capella Library using Summon.
* A series of questions to answer about the located article, including title, journal name, volume, issue, page numbers, and DOI.
* A scoring rubric for the CRAAP Test.
This preview does *not* include the answers to the worksheet questions, the full CRAAP Test scoring, or the article itself.