PSY70011: Assignment 1A: Article analysis
Business, Accounting & Economics
24th Jul 2025
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Word/time limit: Maximum 400 words (please refer to Assignment details for specific guidance on the word count)
Weighting: 5%
Due date: 5pm AEST Monday 4 August 2025 (Week 5)
Individual/team task: Individual
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Assignment 1A: Article analysis and Assignment 1B: Essay asks you to consider the following topic:
How does sensory marketing influence consumer decision-making?
In this assignment, you will use the provided resources and the skills you have developed in the activities and discussion in Weeks 1, 2, and 3 to locate, analyse and summarise articles related to the assignment topics. This assignment requires you to:
▢ Complete an article analysis on one article from the starter references.
▢ Locate two additional references that are relevant to the essay topic through the library.
This assignment assesses unit learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
View the Rubric to learn about this assignment's marking criteria.
Rationale
The purpose of the task is to assist you with developing skills in locating and summarising research articles. You should write approximately 300 words for the article analysis, not inclusive of the references. The resources and feedback from this assignment directly relate to Assignment 1B: Essay.
This assignment is supported by a range of activities including:
▢ 1.4 Activity: Understanding your essay topic
▢ 2.4 Activity: Finding, using and referencing journals
▢ 3.4 Activity: Evaluating resources.
You will need to read through the two starter references and find an additional two articles that you can use to inform your response to the essay topic. Be critical in your selection—choosing articles that make great proposals that you can use in your essay response will save you time as you prepare for Assignment 1B in later weeks.
Task
You will need to read through the two starter references and find an additional two articles that you can use to inform your response to the essay topic. Be critical in your selection—choosing articles that make great proposals that you can use in your essay response will save you time as you prepare for Assignment 1B in later weeks.
Steps
The following steps will help you get started on this assignment.
Step 1: Understand the topic and aim
The essay topic is as follows: How does sensory marketing influence consumer decision-making?
In modern marketing, sensory marketing has become an integral tool for influencing consumer behaviour. Sensory marketing involves engaging consumers' senses to create a stronger brand identity and improve customer experience. Understanding how sensory stimuli affect perception and decision-making can help businesses develop effective marketing strategies.
The purpose of this essay is to review how sensory marketing influences consumer decision-making. Discuss various sensory modalities (visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile) and their impact on consumer perception and behaviour. Evaluate the effectiveness and ethical considerations of sensory marketing strategies.
You are required to find literature to support your discussion of the evidence regarding sensory marketing and its influence on consumer decision-making.
Step 2: Find your articles for analysis
To get started on your research, you might want to refer to the Researching your assignmentLinks to an external site. section in the Student Hub. You can additionally refer to 1.4 Activity: Understanding your essay topic, as it will introduce you to your essay topic and assist you in identifying key search terms that you can use in your library search. You will learn how to complete these searches as part of 2.4 Activity: Finding, using and referencing journals and 3.4 Activity: Evaluating resources.
You may also like to look ahead at Week 5: Perception as it relates to your essay topic. This will give you a further introduction to the topic and a couple of key readings to get you started on this assignment.
Important: You must find two articles that are not already presented as a starting reference.
Starting references
You must locate and read the following journal articles:
Title: An integrative review of sensory marketing: Engaging the senses to affect perception, judgment, and behaviour.
Authors: Krishna, A.
Publication Details: Journal of Consumer Psychology, (2012) 22(3), 332–351.
Title: Multisensory design: Reaching out to touch the consumer
Authors: Spence, C., & Gallace, A.
Publication Details: Psychology & Marketing, (2011) 28(3), 267–308.
Note that these references are not in APA format. You are required to correctly format references in your essay's reference list.
Step 3: Get started on your analysis
Download the PSY70011 Assignment 1A Article Analysis Assignment Template Download PSY70011 Assignment 1A Article Analysis Assignment Template(docx 1.12 MB). This is the template you must use to complete your assignment. This guide provides some key questions to consider how valuable each of the articles will be in supporting your essay response. You should aim for approximately 300 words for your article analysis.
If you have selected your articles carefully, you will be able to incorporate parts of your analyses into the body of your essay in Assignment 1B.
Note: The word count is based only on the words you contribute to the assignment through the development of the article analysis and the relevance of the article to the essay topic. Any words that form part of the template used for this assignment are not included in the word count.
Note: If you are unsure of how to complete the article analysis framework template, download the Article analysis framework example (PDF 186 KB) Download Article analysis framework example (PDF 186 KB)for an example. This example is not from a psychology unit, so it will look a little different and will not follow APA, but will give you an idea of what you might like to include.
You might like to:
▢ search the Swinburne University Library
▢ look at the reference list in each of the key readings provided in the learning materials (i.e. not the unit reference list).
Hint: If you find yourself stuck searching the library, you might like to revisit 2.4 Activity: Finding, using and referencing journals for some ideas.
Word count
The word count for this assignment is 400 words maximum. The following is a suggested breakdown of this word count for each section of the assignment.
▢ Starter article: 300 words
▢ Additional article 1: 50 words
▢ Additional article 2: 50 words.
Supporting resources
The following resources will be useful in the preparation of this assignment:
▢ Being able to find relevant information in the library is an important part of this assignment, and for all subsequent work throughout your studies. Research guides are available in the Student Hub to help you search the Swinburne library.
▢ Refer to The basics of Seventh Edition APA style by the American Psychological Association (2021) for a tutorial describing how to structure and format your work to conform to APA guidelines.
▢ An otherwise good piece of work can be greatly diminished by bad grammar, spelling errors, or phrasing that doesn't quite make sense. This proofreading exercise (PDF 193 KB) Download proofreading exercise (PDF 193 KB) provides a guide to the most common problems in student reports and an exercise designed to check whether they are present in your work.
▢ The document Understanding assessment criteria, marking guides and rubrics (PDF 177 KB) Download Understanding assessment criteria, marking guides and rubrics (PDF 177 KB)will provide you will insight into assessment criteria, marking guides and rubrics.
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