I will be attaching the essay that has to be fixed along with instructions and what the proffessor said must be fixed.
What needs o be fixed: Explain psychological research from the standpoint of adherence to the APA Ethics Code in psychological research.
Preparation:
Choose one of the following controversial statements:
Obesity is caused by a lack of willpower.
There are large differences between men and women’s cognitive ability.
Only women should compete in women’s sports.
Topic of your choice related to the content in the chapters on Motivation, Sex, Gender, or Emotion in your course text, Brain and Behavior: An Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience. Remember that this book is available in the VitalSource bookshelf in the courseroom.
Find one flawed source of information on the Internet. To find a flawed source, look for one with a substantial number of errors.
Read what the textbook says about the controversial statement.
Use the controversial statement mentioned above and use it as your search word/phrase.
If you don’t see a flawed source on the first page of results, skip to the third page of results or further.
Look for sources that are not accurate based on the information in your textbook.
Tips for finding flawed sources:
Scroll through your social media feeds.
Scroll through your results and look for sources that are NOT:
.gov websites.
News or press websites.
Then, find three peer-reviewed journal articles in the Capella library focused on the actions of the brain and body that underlie your topic.
Instructions:
In your paper:
Describe one other field (such as biology or medical sciences) that studies your topic.
Compare this field to psychology.
Contrast this field to psychology.
Explain the benefit of the two fields working together regarding your topic.
Summarize your flawed source, including any evidence provided.
Provide evidence from your three peer-reviewed journal articles.
For each source:
Discuss the methods, participants, and results.
Explain the reliability, validity, and generalizability of the sources.
Discuss whether the research is ethically based on the five APA ethical principles of psychologists. Refer to the specific principles and cite the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.
Relate the actions of the mind and body to psychological and physical health.
Describe the actions of the brain and body involved.
Connect these biological actions to your topic.
Describe one of the psychological or behavioral theories that explain your topic.
Describe the value and limitation of using theories to explain behavioral phenomena.
Construct your own explanation to explain the cause of your topic.
Explain your rationale.
Refer back to evidence already presented in your paper.
Length: 5–7 double-spaced, typed pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
