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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
 * Supernormal Stimulus


 * Article Evaluation
 * The leading paragraph introduces the terminology and briefly defines the concept. It provides an example in the natural environment. There is very minimal effort put into the subsections of the article with a lack of imagery throughout; more ecological examples can be included in the subsections of the article. The tone is unbiased. The sources used are somewhat recent, but more sources need to be founded for more insight on the concept. The organization is good. The talk page states the article is Start-class on the quality scale for both WikiProject's: "Psychology" and "Cognitive-Science". WikiProject Psychology considers this article to be of mid-importance while WikiProject Cognitive Science considers this article to be of high-importance.


 * Sources
 * McFarland, David. "Supernormal Stimulus." A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour (2014): A Dictionary of Animal Behaviour. Web.
 * Grim, T., and M. Honza. "Does Supernormal Stimulus Influence Parental Behaviour of the Cuckoo's Host?" Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 49.4 (2001): 322-29. Web.
 * Goodwin, B., Browne, and Rockloff. "Measuring Preference for Supernormal Over Natural Rewards: A Two-Dimensional Anticipatory Pleasure Scale." Evolutionary Psychology
 * 13.4 (2015): Evolutionary Psychology, 27 October 2015, Vol.13(4). Web.
 * Tunheim, Odd, Bård Stokke, Longwu Wang, Canchao Yang, Aiwu Jiang, Wei Liang, Eivin Røskaft, and Frode Fossøy. "Development and Behavior of Plaintive Cuckoo
 * (Cacomantis Merulinus) Nestlings and Their Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus Sutorius) Hosts." Avian Research 10.1 (2019): 1-10. Web.
 * Kral, Karl. "Implications of Insect Responses to Supernormal Visual Releasing Stimuli in Intersexual Communication and Flower-visiting Behaviour: A Review." European Journal
 * of Entomology 113 (2016): 429-37. Web.