Evidence of academically mature insight and use of critical thinking skills in analyzing and relating the articles

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For this assignment you will submit a 15 page paper, not including the title and reference pages, on a topic related to one of your classmate’s Article Summaries posted on the Week 2 Forum.

The Literature Review Paper will include brief summaries of the 6 to 8 articles focused on a topic in common retrieved from the APUS Online Library.

The summaries in this paper must be logically connected with clear articulations of how they are related to one another. This must be done via transition statements between descriptions of the various summaries such that the paper interweaves all the articles into a coherent and well-articulated review of scholarly publications related to the selected paper topic focus. For example, after one article summary, the statement, “Related research conducted by Jones (2011) showed that…” would be an effective means of connecting it to another summary. The paper will end with a minimum of two paragraphs summarizing points made and articulating suggestions for future research directions arising from the article reviews. This assignment submission will be evaluated based on:

The degree to which the article summaries are related and truly integrated within the paper; lack of supporting evidence of actual connections between the articles will result in a significant point deduction.

Evidence of academically mature insight and use of critical thinking skills in analyzing and relating the articles.

Clear and thorough articulation of the paper’s key points.

Compliance with APA paper formatting standards.

Minimal to no grammar, spelling or basic writing errors

Literature Review Paper Grading Rubric

The following categories and accompanying percentages of total points possible are used in the assessment of the Literature Review Paper commensurate with expectations for graduate study, advanced level writing.

Key assignment elements and percentage of total points possible:

15 {0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} – presentation (organization, clarity, readability and flow, adherence to length requirement)

20 {0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} – relevance (appropriateness of published literature used for completion of this assignment)

20 {0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} – topic coverage (comprehensiveness, focus, depth and breadth)

20 {0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} – maturity of insight (evidence of analysis and synthesis of and summary conclusions based on information from peer-reviewed articles)

** 10 {0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} – sources (required number of sources, correctly placed in paper body and References list; no use of dictionaries, blogs, new media, encyclopedias or commercial web sources used).

5 {0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} – APA formatting (paper formatting in compliance with the rules of the American Psychological Association)

10 {0e601fc7fe3603dc36f9ca2f49ef4cd268b5950ef1bbcf1f795cc00e94cdd119} – mechanics (spelling, grammar, sentence structure)

* The percentages above are for full instructions compliance. Your professor has expertise in evaluating the degree to which your writing work is in compliance with the assignment requirements and will assign and deduct full or partial point percentages for each category accordingly.

** Submitting a paper without correctly credited sources places you in danger of your work deemed plagiarized. Some students are surprised to learn that a submission with source credits named in the paper body and/or in the References list that must be attached to the end may still be a plagiarized paper if correct quoting isn’t done or the content of publications isn’t correctly paraphrased followed by source citations in immediate proximity of the paraphrasing in the paper body. The consequences of plagiarism are quite negative, with an automatic zero assignment score for the first instance and a failing course grade for the second, with no option for revision or extra credit to recoup lost points in either case, and thus having a paper identified as plagiarized isn’t something you want to risk. It is expected that via completion of an undergraduate degree, graduate students are in possession of knowledge of what constitutes plagiarism If you are in doubt about whether any portion of your paper could be considered as plagiarized

the process of memory

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You probably have noticed in your educational career that some people are very good at remembering facts and therefore, do well at tests that require memorization. Other students, on the other hand, struggle with tests that require memorization. To understand how memory works, this exercise will ask you to trace the memory system from the stimuli to long-term memory.

Use your textbook and research from the Internet to learn the process of memory, from beginning to end. Your description should include the following:

  • Identification and description of each step in the human memory model; as you describe these steps, use an example to illustrate the process
  • Discussion of factors that enhance or impede information flow in each step of the process
  • Explanation of proactive and retroactive interference and how you might counteract their effects while studying to facilitate maximum retention via long-term memory
  • Explanation of other kinds of forgetting and a discussion of strategies that can improve memory consolidation and retrieval

Submit this in a paper of 2–3 pages. You can use illustrations to demonstrate the process. Be sure to document your references using APA format.

Please use the following guidelines for formatting your assignment:

  • Margins: Set to one inch
  • Font: 12pt.-Times New Roman, no bold, no underline
  • Title: Centered above the paper, 12 pt.-font (Level A Heading), no bold, no underline, no italics
  • Pagination: Every page; consists of a header containing a short title for the paper and a page number placed in the upper right corner of the page
  • Line Spacing: Double space all work, including the References page
  • Point-of-View: Third person, objective; limit perspective to research; no personal opinion or narrative; first person is allowed in describing the test and results, as well as discussing personal ways to enhance EI
  • In-text citations: Must conform to APA requirements
  • References list: Must conform to APA requirements

Describe the origins or history of the mental disorders

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Assignment 2: Term Paper

Click here to download the W5 Assignment 2 Term Paper Template.

For Week 3, you developed an Annotated Bibliography of research on two disorders. For this assignment you will pick one of the disorders and write a term paper on that disorder.

Your paper should address information on the following areas:

  • Describe the origins or history of the mental disorders.
  • Describe the psychological theory or theories that relate to the mental disorders especially in the areas of diagnosis and treatment.
  • Describe the difference if any in age of onset and diagnostic criteria based on gender.
  • Explain the potential impact of the mental disorders on the individual and his or her family.
  • Explain the social perceptions of the mental disorders from stigma to advocacy.

The paper should adhere to the following guidelines:

  • The length of the paper should be 12–14 double-spaced pages (not including the title and reference pages).
  • For the main sections it should have a:
    • Title page
    • Introduction
    • Literature review
    • Conclusion
    • Reference page(s)

Please see the assignment template for details on each section.

Submit your paper in a Word document to the W5 Assignment 2 Dropbox

Name your document PSY2010_W5_A2_lastname_firstname.doc.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Submitted an introduction, with a brief overview of what will be covered and the purpose of the term paper.
70
Submitted a literature review for the term paper.
50
Submitted the discussion and conclusions.
80
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary and utilized APA format and style. Format will include:

  • A title page
  • An abstract (not more than 250 words)
  • An introduction
  • A literature review
  • Discussion or conclusions
  • Reference page
50
Total:
250

An Introduction to the Genre and Its Expectations

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assignment is different from the research-based business report in WRTG 394.

In this paper for WRTG 393, you are providing background research to an audience to help the audience make a decision on a topic. In WRTG 394, the paper is written to a specific decision-maker about a specific problem in your workplace o rcommunity and recommends a specific course of action. The audience and approach for the white paper in WRTG 393 is very different from those for the research-based business report in WRTG 394.

If you have written a white paper for WRTG 293, please note that the requirements for this white paper in WRTG 393 aredifferentfromthoseinWRTG293. Thelength,numberofgraphics,typesofgraphics,andfocusofthiswhite paper involve different requirements than those of WRTG 293.

In preparing for this assignment, you will want to review the following videos:

  • “White Papers: An Introduction to the Genre and Its Expectations,” from the Purdue OWL
  • “What is a White Paper?” by Mak Pandit You may take any of the following approaches:
  • a white paper to an internal audience – written to individuals within an organization you work for or are a part of. The white paper might inform them about a trend in the field and/or to solve a problem in the organization.
  • a white paper to an external audience – written to individuals in a particular industry or field of study, but not an organization you are a part of. The white paper could address a problem you are attempting to solve in the organization or to inform an external audience about a relevant trend.
  • a white paper promoting a new product or service to potential customers. This is an example of a white paper to an external audience, but it features different rhetorical considerations than the typical white paper written to an external audience does.

Strategies to Consider for this Assignment:

Please follow these guidelines:

  • have a focused topic
  • write to an identified audience

o if your white paper is to an internal audience, it might have a fairly narrow audience. For example, if you work in a hair salon and write a white paper promoting a new billing system for your salon, the audience will probably be the owner and manager of the hair salon.

o if your white paper is to an external audience, it could have a broad audience or a narrow audience. For example, if you do not work for a hair salon and you write a white paper promoting a new billing system for hair salons, the audience will probably be the various hair salons in your neighborhood.

o if your white paper is to promote a product or service to potential customers, it could have a fairly broad audience. For example, a white paper promoting a new taxi service in your neighborhood has, theoretically, all residents in the neighborhood as a potential audience.

  • integrate thorough research
  • make sure that you do not directly tell the audience what action it should take. Rather,

offer background information that the audience can use to make a decision. The Purdue OWL video mentions this principle. This is one reason the video refers to the white paper as a backgrounder report.

Please include the following sections in your white paper:

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Previous Approaches
  • New Findings
  • Conclusion
  • References

In the Executive Summary, summarize your research and your purpose. The executive summary should be a stand-alone document. It should be written in such a way that a busy executive could read the executive summary and know exactly what the paper is about without reading the rest of the paper.

In the Introduction, you lay the groundwork for your readers for the details that will be introduced in the white paper. If you need to define any terms, you will do so here. You might share an anecdote or illustration to describe why this topic is important.

In the Previous Approaches section, you will describe the approaches or strategies that have been previously used or are currently used on the topic. For example, if your white paper is being written to advertise a new taxi service in your area, you might review what transportation services are provided now. You could show the challenges or problems that the current services involve. Inthissectionofthewhitepaper,youruseofsourceswillbeveryimportant. Youshould integrate research to show that the problems you have identified exist.

In the New Findings section, you present perhaps the most important information in the paper. In this section, you will describe the findings of your research and relate these findings to the purpose of your report. You will not only provide data and research, but you will also explain the data and research and why it is relevant to your report’s topic.

For example, if your white paper is being written to advertise a new taxi service in your area, you might review what transportation services are provided now and show why the new taxi service fills a need that the current set of transportation services does not fill or solves a problem that the current set of transportation services does not solve. You will provide data and evidence for why the new taxi service has promise in solving the problems you have identified.

In this section of the white paper, your use of sources will be very important as well. You should integrate research to show that the problems you have identified will be solved by your new approach.

In the Conclusion section, you review what your research shows in light of the previous approaches used. You will not tell the audience what steps to take next. However, you will summarize what your findings articulate.

In the References, you will list your sources that you cited in the paper. You will list them in APA format. Please note that the lectures on white papers that you have viewed and examples of white papers you may have read may not have used APA format. You will be using APA format in this assignment.

You are required to have at least five sources for your paper. In addition, at least one of them is to have been acquired through UMUC Library OneSearch.

Primary sources will be very beneficial for the paper. For example, if your white paper is being written to advertise a new taxi service in your area, you might interview some local residents about the problems they have with the current transportation services in the area. The information in such interviews would be persuasive research to integrate into your white paper.

The following websites and documents offer additional guidance in writing a white paper:

  • Chapter 1, “A Primer on White Papers,” by Michael Stelzner
  • “The Art of the White Paper,” by Manuel Gordon and Gordon Graham
  • “Guidelines for Writing White Papers” from Warthman Associates

Length of your paper:

Your white paper should be 2000-3000 words in length. Again, you are required to use at least five sources, with at least one of them being acquired through UMUC Library OneSearch.

Graphics:

Your white paper should incorporate at least three graphics. Graphic can include tables, charts, or graphs showing some research findings. They can also be images that are relevant to the topic of the white paper.

At least two of the graphics must be original. Original graphics can include photos taken by you; tables, charts, or graphs developed by you; or screen captures showing a function on your computer (not a screen capture of an image off of the web).

To see examples of graphics used in white papers, see the Purdue OWL video, “White Papers: An Introduction to the Genre and Its Expectations,” at the 3:27 mark, at the 5:29 mark, at the 6:58 mark, at the 7:01 mark, at the 7:11 mark, at the 7:43 mark, and at