My Major is Psychology

The goals of this assignment are to help you:

·

become more knowledgeable about finding and us

ing

varied research sources

in

your major

.

·

further develop your

critical thinking skills

and

back up your poi

nts with evidence

.

·

become more adept at

synthesizing information

and

developing informed views

.

·

discipline yourself to

follow a scholarly research

format

to

document in

–

text sources

and a

reference

page (bibliography).

·

compose a

well organized, clear, conc

ise

,

research paper

to expand your knowledge on a subject in

your major.

Topic

:

Your research paper project begins with a

fact

–

finding

search on some

current

issue in your major to

advance your knowledge. After you

brainstorm about possible subjects and then select one, narrow your topic

down to a manageable issue. Invest

igate possi

ble approaches to your chosen topic and map out your strategy.

Your final product will be judged on how well you succeed in producing a

well though out, clear paper which

shows you can interpret and intelligently discuss the issue and how well y

ou can back

up your findings with

evidence.

Approach:

Your paper does not have a chance to be substantive unless you have substantive sources. Fin

d

at

least 3

to

4

VARIED

(

NOT

all Internet sites, for example) sources

–

including professional journal artic

les and

professional publications, Internet sources, and possibly (but not required) an interview. It is a balancing act to

find sources that you c

an understand

–

that relate to

your level of study in your discipline, and, at the same time,

challenge you i

ntellectually. In this paper I do not want you to try and solve a problem or necessarily reach a

conclusion.

You must show

evidence that you can ga

ther a body of knowledge on a

particular subject, narrow it

down to a particular focus and show that you can

synthesize the information and make some intelligent, insightful

observations about the subject. A significant part of the paper should be your int

erpretation of the information

and how your knowledge about the subject has been enriched.

My Major is Psychology

The goals of this assignment are to help you:

 become more knowledgeable about finding and using varied research sources in your major.

 further develop your critical thinking skills and back up your points with evidence.

 become more adept at synthesizing information and developing informed views.

 discipline yourself to follow a scholarly research format to document in-text sources and a reference

page (bibliography).

 compose a well organized, clear, concise, research paper to expand your knowledge on a subject in

your major.

Topic: Your research paper project begins with a fact-finding search on some current issue in your major to

advance your knowledge. After you brainstorm about possible subjects and then select one, narrow your topic

down to a manageable issue. Investigate possible approaches to your chosen topic and map out your strategy.

Your final product will be judged on how well you succeed in producing a well though out, clear paper which

shows you can interpret and intelligently discuss the issue and how well you can backup your findings with

evidence.

Approach: Your paper does not have a chance to be substantive unless you have substantive sources. Find at

least 3 to 4 VARIED (NOT all Internet sites, for example) sources – including professional journal articles and

professional publications, Internet sources, and possibly (but not required) an interview. It is a balancing act to

find sources that you can understand – that relate to your level of study in your discipline, and, at the same time,

challenge you intellectually. In this paper I do not want you to try and solve a problem or necessarily reach a

conclusion. You must show evidence that you can gather a body of knowledge on a particular subject, narrow it

down to a particular focus and show that you can synthesize the information and make some intelligent, insightful

observations about the subject. A significant part of the paper should be your interpretation of the information

and how your knowledge about the subject has been enriched.