critical review psychology example

Students often, and sensibly ask for example CRs (critical reviews). Often if you go to the right PAL session, the facilitators will bring theirs in as examples. If you do the reciprocal peer critiquing exericse in your tutorial group(s), where each student reads and comments on two other CRs, then you will have seen examples.

Effects of group therapy in breast cancer: survival and psychosocial benefits by Sarah Gunn.
This CR has an especially interesting structure: picking pairs of papers showing opposite findings on each of 3 points, so as to get critical points from the literature; and then adding a conclusion of the reviewer’s own critical conclusions (about the literature).

If you are seeking information about Systematic Reviews – see our Systematic Reviews Guide
Simply defined it is a comprehensive and critical review of literature which provides the theoretical foundation of your chosen topic.

References:

http://libguides.mq.edu.au/c.php?g=674292&p=4749455
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sias/resources/howtoseries/howtopaper.page