User:Lmn23/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
(Provide a link to the article here.) Clinical psychology

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose this article because it relates to the current course I am in and my current major. This articles matters because it provides the history of Clinical Psychology, provides the information on how to obtain a Clinical Psych degree, the things an individual can do in their career with Clinical Psych, and the shortcomings within the field. My first impression of the article was that it was a great source of information for anyone wanting to learn about Clinical Psychology.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

This article, in my opinion, was very concise and well-written. The introduction offers a definition of what Clinical Psychology is. There is a contents section to the side of the article, but the sections of the article are not mentioned in the introduction. I believe that every section is relevant to the topic, and I think sections that are included are all important/needed to gain an understanding of the topic. To my knowledge, the information is all up to date. The article addresses the growth of Clinical psych as a need to provide help to underrepresented groups. The article had an overall neutral tone, with no opinions being stated as it was primarily facts about the history and current practices. There is a section about the integration of other fields due to ever-growing knowledge surrounding the need to understand different genders, sexual orientation, etc. However, I think there could be more information about minority groups and psychology. The article includes many great sources (all of the links work). The majority of the references appear to be from peer-reviewed articles. Given that this article does not include much research, but rather provides background information and definitions, I think the sources are appropriate. There are only four images within the article, and I think there could be a few more, maybe in the history or intervention sections. The images that are included are well-captioned and properly sourced. The talk page includes conversations about sources that have been removed and certain sections that could be added to or improved. This article is rated B-Class and is a part of the Psychology and Medicine WikiProjects. I think the only way this article differs from how this topic has been discussed in class is that it includes more thorough information on the different areas of Clinical Psychology. Overall, I think this article is very thorough and concise. It does a very good job at providing information on how Clinical Psychology has been developed, the path to becoming a Clinical Psychologist, and the different disciplines within the career. I think it could be improved by adding a few more images and included more information on how the inclusion of minority groups led to more disciplines being added to the field.