PSY101- Week 5 Final Paper – Fact or Fiction
Fact or Fiction? Due by Day 7. The final assignment for this course is a paper. The purpose of the Final Paper is for you to explore a topical area and apply critical insight to discern fact from fiction. You will review the available evidence for a commonly held belief and provide a conclusion regarding the merit of this claim by describing concepts in core psychological domains and examining variations in psychological functioning. You have already selected your topic from the list below in Week Three of the course to complete an annotated bibliography. These sources should inform your thinking and assist you in making a conclusion regarding the “truth” (i.e., scientific validity) of a commonly held belief. You must continue with your selected topic unless you have received permission from your instructor otherwise. Click here for the various topic options that are available. • To begin, gather a minimum of five peer-reviewed, scholarly sources on the topic you selected. Much of this was completed in the Week 3 Annotated Bibliography, but you will likely find gaps in your information as you begin to write and need to locate more material to fully inform your thinking. Visit the Ashford Library to obtain your scholarly articles. • As you read each article, make notes about what you have read and what it means to you, as well as how it supports your topic, in order to assist you in the process of writing. Click here for additional information on how to successfully summarize information from an article. • After you have read and considered these sources, write a paper in which you summarize psychological theory and research that is pertinent to this topic. The paper should appraise the evidence contained within your articles, supporting and/or contradicting the statement you have chosen to examine. Your task is to distinguish whether or not this commonly held belief accurately represents psychological knowledge of the topic and discuss your conclusions. o If theory and research in psychology suggest that the statement is false (i.e., it is instead bubba or pop psychology), infer an alternative truth based on the literature. o If the theory and research in psychology suggest that the statement is true, point out how the research supports the statement. Note: Using headings within your writing can assist you in organizing your thoughts more successfully. For more information about using heading, please click here.
Writing the Final Paper The paper • Must be five to seven double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. • Must include a separate title page with the following: o A header o Title of paper o Student’s name o Course name and number o Instructor’s name o Date submitted • Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
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It is no secret that in our society, the more time goes on, the more and earlier violence is peaking its head in children. Why is this? Media plays a large role in the way that people these days act, especially children. As humans, we learn by watching others. So if in the media there is violence, naturally we (adults and children) will learn that that is okay behavior and begin to mimic it. Children will think that this is how they are…
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