Does watching violence on television make people more violent?

PSY 496 – Week 1 – Assignment – Foundations for the Final Paper ***Applied Project***Scored 100%

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PSY 496 – Week 2 – Assignment – Finalized Resources and Revisions for the Final Paper ***Applied Project***Scored 100%

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PSY 496 – Week 3 – Assignment – Final Paper Draft ***Applied Project***Scored 100%

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PSY 496 – Week 5 – Assignment – Final Paper ***Applied Project***Scored 100%

Topic Used In This Tutorial:      Does watching violence on television make people more violent?

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 aIDress 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:

Does watching violence on television make people more violent?
Do nonhumans use language?
Are intelligence tests unfairly biased against certain groups?
Does day care harm the emotional development of infants?
Are personality traits inherited?
Are all forms of therapy equally effective?
Is ethnic prejudice too ingrained to ever be eliminated?
Do violent video games make people more aggressive?
Is job satisfaction genetic?
Are our dreams an indication of our unconscious conflicts and desires?
Is psychotherapy more beneficial than psychiatric medication?
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 form.  Your outline should include a list of the key points and elements you want to include in your paper. See an example of an outline below based on the thesis statement above:

Cognitive and Behavior Therapy: Similarities and Differences
Introduction/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the similarities and differences between cognitive therapy and behavior therapy.

Motivation/Problem Statement – Why do we care about this topic?
Approach – Briefly summarize your review of the literature.
Conclusion/Implications: What are the larger implications of your findings?

Review of the Literature

What is cognitive therapy?  In cognitive therapy, clients learn to:

Distinguish between thoughts and feelings.
Become aware of the ways in which their thoughts influence their feelings in ways that are not helpful.
Evaluate critically the veracity of their automatic thoughts and assumptions.
Develop the skills to notice, interrupt, and intervene at the level of automatic thoughts “on-line,” as they happen.

What is behavior therapy?

Definition
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning

Features common to cognitive and behavior therapy Differences between cognitive and behavioral approaches Research methods Strengths and limitations of  research design Conclusion and implications

References: Your preliminary list of references should demonstrate familiarity with the professional literature as it relates to the thesis statement.  Please be sure to list your references in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center and include the name of the database from which you retrieved them.  Include the five to ten primary/scholarly references you plan to use in your Final Paper.

Carefully review the  Grading Rubric  for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Finalized Resources and Revisions for the Final Paper

Submit a three- to four-page document that contains your finalized list of resources and any revisions to the following elements:

Title page
Thesis statement
Outline

This document should incorporate the feedback you have received from your instructor in Week One. Submit these elements in one document.  Your resource list must contain the five to ten primary/scholarly sources, in APA format, that you have identified for use in your Final Paper.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Final Paper Draft

This paper should represent a significant academic effort that draws upon empirical and conceptual evidence presented in professional publications of psychology and related fields and is organized as a review of the literature.  It is expected that students will utilize a variety of resources including literature databases, academic journals, books, and other scientific sources.  Non peer-reviewed Internet sources are not acceptable for the literature review.

The paper will represent a fair and comprehensive review of relevant literature, that is organized around a thesis statement.

Your paper should be organized as follows (approximate page lengths):

Title Page (one page)
Abstract
Introduction (one page)
Review of Literature – Link (five to seven pages)

Peer Reviewed articles and studies are chosen
Chosen references pertain directly to student’s thesis
References are well summarized and support student discussion

Reference Page (one page)

All literature citations must utilize current APA style as outlined by the Ashford Writing Center, and the Final Paper must be free of spelling and grammatical errors.

Although there are no strict length requirements, it is anticipated that your Final Paper will be between eight- to ten- pages (including title and reference pages) in length, with at least five to ten primary/scholarly source references reviewed in the paper.  The sources should be from a variety of resources including literature databases, academic journals, books, and other scientific sources.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Final Paper

The Final Paper should represent a significant academic effort that draws upon empirical and conceptual evidence presented in professional publications of psychology and related fields and is organized as a review of the literature.  It is expected that students will utilize a variety of resources including literature databases, academic journals, books, and other scientific sources.  Non peer-reviewed internet sources are not acceptable for the literature review.

The Final Paper must be a fair and comprehensive review of relevant literature that is organized around a thesis statement.
Your paper should be organized as follows (approximate page lengths):

Title Page (one page)
Abstract
Introduction (one page)
Review of Literature – Link (five to seven pages)

Peer Reviewed articles and studies are chosen
Chosen references pertain directly to student’s thesis
References are well summarized and support student discussion

Reference Page (one page)

All literature citations must utilize current APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center, and the Final Paper will be free of spelling and grammatical errors.  Although there are no strict length requirements, it is anticipated that your Final Paper will be between eight to ten pages in length (including title and reference pages), with at least five to ten primary/scholarly source references reviewed in the paper.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:

Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted

Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement. Must aIDress the topic of the paper with critical thought. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis. Must use at least five to ten primary/scholarly sources, Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.