PSY 496 Week 1 Assignment Foundations for the Final Paper (Ash)
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Foundations for the Final Paper
For this assignment, submit a three-to four-page document (including title and reference pages) that includes the following:
Topic: Decide upon a topic in psychology that you will address in your Final Paper. Ideally, your professional paper should integrate at least two to three aspects or areas of psychology that are particularly intriguing to you. Spend time reviewing professional psychology literature to further familiarize yourself with your topic and generate a thesis statement.
Preapproved topics include:
1. Does watching violence on television make people more violent?
2. Do nonhumans use language?
3. Are intelligence tests unfairly biased against certain groups?
4. Does day care harm the emotional development of infants?
5. Are personality traits inherited?
6. Are all forms of therapy equally effective?
7. Is ethnic prejudice too ingrained to ever be eliminated?
8. Do violent video games make people more aggressive?
9. Is job satisfaction genetic?
10. Are our dreams an indication of our unconscious conflicts and desires?
11. Is psychotherapy more beneficial than psychiatric medication?
12. What is personality, and how is it measured?
If you do not choose one of the preapproved topics, your topic must be approved by your instructor.
Thesis Statement: Generate a thesis statement for your topic. Your thesis statement must clearly indicate the purpose of the paper.
For example: The purpose of this paper is to examine the similarities and differences between cognitive therapy and behavior therapy.
For help with developing and writing your thesis statement, please visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab website.
Outline: Your outline will aid you in the process of writing by helping you to organize your ideas and to present your material in a logical...