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Homework: Psychology

The purpose of this homework is to draft and submit a complete, organized, detailed outline of your research paper. This will allow you to gather feedback so that you can make improvements for your final submission. You are expected to present a complete outline that meets all of the original homework criteria.

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Contemporary psychology has become highly diversified. Many perspectives have been adopted for the study of psychology. Each of these perspectives sees behavior and experience in a unique way that frequently contradicts other highly regarded perspectives.

For this homework, review the text to discover more about the seven perspectives of psychology (neuroscience, evolutionary, behavior genetics, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and social-cultural).

This is based on your interpretation of the academic material. Rely on your own words and your interpretation of the material for this homework. Although direct quotes may be used, use them sparingly. Your instructor will want to know how you define the terms, perspectives, and ideas. Keep in mind that you still give credit to your source when paraphrasing the main ideas.

Describe each of these perspectives. Include a minimum of one peer-reviewed article or text reference for each perspective.

Select any two perspectives and identify similarities and conflicting viewpoints. How do these perspectives differ from the others? What are some common viewpoints in the perspectives?

Select one of the following psychological disorders: substance use disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), major depressive, or generalized anxiety. Identify which perspective would be most beneficial in understanding and treating the disorder. Provide supporting evidence using critical thinking from the course content, readings, and academic peer-reviewed sources.

What is a detailed outline?

A detailed outline is an effective tool to help you organize your thoughts and main ideas and to include facts and references in one comprehensive document. The outline helps your instructor understand your purpose and provide feedback to help you with the final document.

A detailed outline is much more than just a bulleted list. Although you will use alphanumerical standard alphanumeric outline format, you will include details under each bulleted item. The following sources may be helpful as you get started on this outline draft:

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Organization is essential to writing a successful paper. Without it, the reader is unable to follow your thoughts. Writing a paper without a plan of action creates double the work because you'll find that your writing suffers from unnecessary repetition and lack of focus. Those are significant concerns that a bit of simple editing won't resolve, so the time to tackle organization is at the prewriting stage. Creating an outline is an effective way to organize your points without worrying about sentence structure, grammar, or punctuation. Think of the outline as the skeleton of your paper. Without strong bones, the writing collapses. Below is an example of what an outline for a typical college-level essay might look like.

A. Introduction

1. Background information (may include definitions, brief history about your topic, etc.)

2. Thesis Statement (clearly states the main point/idea that you're developing in your paper)

B. Body Paragraph

1. Topic Sentence (expresses the main point of the paragraph, which supports the thesis)

2. Supporting points (includes information from your research; must also include your own analysis) Repeat II for each body paragraph. Depending on the length of the homework, you may only need three body paragraphs or you may need many more. Each paragraph should be unified, meaning it should focus on one particular subtopic.

C. Conclusion

1. Synthesize (restate your thesis in a new way, showing how the points you made and the support fit together)

2. Answer the question, "so what?" Why should the reader care about what you wrote? Why does it matter? You may also want to suggest what future researchers should focus on in order to shed more light on your topic.