Q. How do I find an empirical, primary research article for my psychology topic?

Here is a guide that will help you search for and identify an empirical, primary research article in psychology:

PSYCHOLOGY: FINDING EXPERIMENTAL (EMPIRICAL) RESEARCH ARTICLES

That guide basically explains that an empirical, primary research article is written by a scientist or scientists, and it describes an experiment they designed and conducted. The article will have a structure like this:

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion

The article will be written in technical language and it will contain lots of cited references.

An empirical, primary research article can be difficult to understand, but by reviewing it carefully, you will be able to pick out some main ideas and facts from the article that you can use in your project.