complete short 3 page psych paper
PSY 150 Application Paper
General Paper Requirements:
All papers in all classes will be submitted to Safe Assign as a Word document. Please also bring a hard copy of your paper to class on the due date.
Times New Roman, Calibri, Verdana – 12 point font (yes, it has to be typed)
Cover Page:name, class and section (example: PSY150.61P), title of paper, date
Use APAformatting style (cover page, margins, citations/references – if required)
Paragraphs should be a minimum of five (5) GOOD sentences
Uploaded to Safe Assign by the beginning of class on the due date.
Minimum of three (3) double-spaced pages
NOTE:
PAPER MUST BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED IN MICROSOFT WORD (.doc or .docx file) (OR SAVED AS .rtf file). Failure to submit a Word file and/or to Safe Assign will result in a zero on the paper.
Points Are Earned As Follows:
Introduction(10 points total):
• 5 points – Introduce the movie/paper – basic plot – in the context of general psychology principles. You will synthesize – bring together – psychology and the movie plot.
• 5 points – List the four broad categories you will be covering. Integrate or weave in the list of categories within your introduction. Must be a well-developed paragraph with depth of thought and good grammar.
Body Paragraphs (20 points each – there will be at least 4 body paragraphs) – 80 points total
• Open with your category in a clear topic sentence.
• Within the paragraph, apply three examples of completely different concepts under the topic of that category to a movie scene.
• For example (1 paragraph would look like)
o Category – behaviorism – described in topic sentence
o 5 points – Develop example 1 (your first topic related to behaviorism, for example –classical conditioning) from movie relating to classical conditioning. Do not define classical conditioning, but apply a scene from the movie that shows an example of classical conditioning.
o 5 points – Develop example 2 (your second topic related to behaviorism, for example – positive punishment) from movie relating to positive punishment. Do not define positive punishment, but apply a scene from the movie that shows an example of positive punishment.
o 5 points – Develop example 3 (your third topic related to behaviorism, for example – observational learning) from movie related to observational learning. Do not define observational learning, but apply a scene from the movie that shows an example of observational learning.
o 5 points – for paragraph development, communication of ideas, and grammar.
Each paragraph like the example would be worth 20 points, and you will do four (4) paragraphs – based on four (4) different categories. These will total 80 points.
You should be covering a total of twelve (12) separate concepts in this paper (so double-check to ensure you haven’t missed any).
o 5 points – Evaluate – present your defended opinion of how well (or not) the movie related to psychology. Integrate this into your paper’s concluding statements.
o 5 points – Must be a well-developed paragraph with depth of thought and good grammar.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Do NOT look at movie review websites for any part of your paper. Every semester several students get a zero and end up failing the course for using lines, phrases or thoughts from a movie review website. Doing this is plagiarism, and I will be checking. It could end your college career, go on your permanent record, and/or cause failure in the course.