Title: Analyzing the Representation of Psychological Studies in Popular Media

For your initial post, answer the following questions:
How did the authors of the peer-reviewed journal article summarize their own work versus the journalist’s summary in the popular media article?
Imagine you are summarizing a peer-reviewed journal article for a general audience. To avoid the oversights in the popular media article, what one major point would you ensure was communicated accurately to a general audience?
Why is it important to refer to empirical studies when you see claims in popular media?
How does the concept of psychological studies in the media apply to any of the following programmatic course themes?
Social justice
Career connections
Ethics
Here are the materials to answer the questions above!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2504725/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/the-cheesy-secret-behind-successful-decision-making-841419.html