User:Aewlarsen/Choose an Article

Article Selection

Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

Article title

Cognition

Article Evaluation

The information in the article seems to all be relevant to the topic, however there is an entire subsection after the Lead dedicated to Metacognition. While the information provided in this section is accurate, it seems somewhat out of place to be taking up such a large portion of the overall article. As discussed on the talk page, it may be better to mention metacognition and provide a wiki link to a separate page entirely to discuss metacognition rather than have an entire subsection devoted to this. In regards to neutrality, this article does seem to have a neutral stance, it doesn't seem to be a very controversial topic and in reading through the talk page, it appears other wikipedians seem to also feel the article is neutral. As we move on the discuss citations and claims, there are a few areas this article can work on. A few of the citation links were faulty, however the majority of the article's citation links do work and are reliable sources. This article could use more citations and this is noted on the current talk page.

Sources

Zeng, N., Ayyub, M., Sun, H., Wen, X., Xiang, P., & Gao, Z. (2017). Effects of Physical Activity on Motor Skills and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review. BioMed Research International, 2017, 1–13. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uvu.edu/10.1155/2017/2760716

Option 2

Article title

Cognitive intervention

Article Evaluation

While the content in this article is relevant to it, there is not much information provided. Essentially, this wiki page is compiled of a brief definition of cognitive interventions and a subsection of the different types or styles of cognitive interventions. While each of these are wiki links to other pages, the page itself is very limited and doesn't have much content. In regards to neutrality, the article is very neutral, there is no suggestion of persuading the reader to think one particular way, however, again, there is not much content provided on this article. In regards to citations, this is another area in which the article could greatly improve. This wiki page only has one source provided. In order to grow this page, and increase the validity of this wiki page, more citations should be provided. That being said, the one source provided is a reliable one. Within the talk page on this article, there isn't much discussion, however there is one proposal to merge the page with the psychological interventions page. I think this may be a good approach to take as there is so little information currently provided and there isn't much research on this topic to expand the article with.

Sources

Anderson, N., & Ozakinci, G. (2018). Effectiveness of psychological interventions to improve quality of life in people with long-term conditions: Rapid systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMC Psychology, 6. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.uvu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=2018-13637-001&site=eds-live

Option 3

Article title

Sensory room

Article Evaluation

This article also contains limited content. The lead does a good job of providing a definition of the term, however there are no further subsections to dive in deeper should the reader wish to know more about the subject. Given the amount of content available in this article, the article doe maintain a neutral stance, however needs more content. In observing the citations, for the amount of content on the page, there is an appropriate number of citations, however citations should increase with the page content. The seven sources provided for the lead are all reliable sources compiled of literature reviews and systemic reviews. In looking at the talk page, it doesn't appear anyone has made suggestions or comments on the talk page. This is a wiki page that could sue some attention.

Sources

Bailliard, A. L., & Whigham, S. C. (2017). Linking Neuroscience, Function, and Intervention: A Scoping Review of Sensory Processing and Mental Illness. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(5), 1–18. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uvu.edu/10.5014/ajot.2017.024497

Option 4

Article title

Auditory exclusion

Article Evaluation

In reading this psychology stub article, there was little information present on this article as well. There, again, was a lead, but no subsections provided within the article. The talk page did not have any activity. There were three references, however, as we learn in the wiki trainings, it is suggested to have a citation for every line of information provided within the article. While there aren't many lines in the article, there are certainly more than three. This article could use an increase in the amount of content provided and an increase in the number of citations provided to support the information. In regards to neutrality, this article appears to be very neutral, however this is an area that could easily become skewed depending on who the editor is. If the editor was to be someone with a lot of knowledge or experience with the anatomy and neurological responses connected to the process of perceiving audition, the article could become too heavy on that aspect of concept and overshadow the article.

Sources

Nguyen, T., & Jeyakumar, A. (2019). Genetic susceptibility to aminoglycoside ototoxicity. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 120, 15–19. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uvu.edu/10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.02.002

Option 5

Article title

Guided self-change

Article Evaluation

This article was also very minimal in the provided information for the topic. A definition of this psychotherapy term is given in the Lead of the article, however the only additional information that is provided is a collection of three links to other wiki pages. While all of the content provided is relevant, again, there is a very minimal amount of information provided on the subject. The small amount of information provided does take a neutral stance rather than being selective towards on branch of this type of therapy and no original research is suggested by leaning the reader to the author's own conclusions regarding this branch of psychotherapy. While the citations are limited to three, they are all reliable sources. Given the amount of content within this article, the number of citations is sufficient, however, as the page expands, it is important for the reference list to grow as well. As of right now, there is not much activity on the talk page. There is one post discussing a change that was made to a link within the page, but no additional suggestions or critiques are made or mentioned.

Sources

Shim, M., Mahaffey, B., Bleidistel, M., & Gonzalez, A. (2017). A scoping review of human-support factors in the context of Internet-based psychological interventions (IPIs) for depression and anxiety disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 57, 129–140. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uvu.edu/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.09.003