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Article Evaluation
Socioemotional Selectivity Theory Wikipedia Article

Evaluation Points 
 * Socioemotional selectivity theory is a fairly new topic within the psychology field. I found that the viewpoints and overall information on the topic was extremely limited, given it's attention in most psychology studies today. The topic can actually be applied to almost all people, and I think that the information is lacking as a whole.
 * Usually, Wikipedia articles begin as a summary that would be approachable for the general public. Those who are more knowledgeable on the topic, or just want to delve deeper into the topic, can continue reading for more detailed information.
 * I was a bit distracted by the definition and general characteristics. The first few sentences genuinely threw me off and made me question if I had clicked the correct page.
 * This article and it's content seem to be pretty much neutral. The information about the theory provides research findings to support the claims. The only part that may be a bit biased towards the side of the socioemotional selectivity theory is that there is not information to show the other side of the stance on the topic whatsoever, which I feel cannot be the case. With this theory being relevant today I think that there must be some opposing theory or research findings.
 * All of the citations link work, and the 5 that I looked into do actually support the claim in the article that it is presented to support.
 * The sources are all reliable and appropriate. The references come from various educational research journals which are all peer-reviewed.
 * There is no conversation in the Talk page of this article. It seems that this is a fairly new article. The author posted on the Talk page to introduce him/herself briefly but it appears that no one has further engaged in this page. It has also not been rated at all.
 * The article is a part of [|WikiProject Psychology].
 * Again, I think that the information that could be added to this article would be opposing information about those who belief something that this theory is arguing. I also think the overall information is brief and does not even begin to appropriately explain the theory or theorists behind it.
 * In several psychology courses during my past years in college, we have discussed this theory differently because we have applied it to situations in our lives and in our society. Also, my professors have discussed the theory as a very influential and important theory that has rather recently come to be a part of the curriculum.