Overview
Final Paper: We covered a lot of territory in this course on Psychology. This paper has five parts, each worth 40 points. It will describe your preferred theory to personality, a disorder of your choosing and methods of treatment according to your preferred theory, areas of stress and ways to develop healthier behaviors and how relationships play a role into our self-identity development across various stages in life. Assignments and discussions worked towards many components of the paper giving you the opportunity to refine your research and writing skills and obtain feedback. I encourage you to be open, honest and reflective and use your previous work to prepare for your paper or seek further review via draft submissions. Here is a sample paper you can review for formatting, its citations are not perfect which is why I use it. I care about the basic set up, your content and application, and that you know when you should make a citation.
Assignment Directions
The syllabus reviewed the final paper (week 1) so content should not be a surprise.
The paper is expected to be between 5-7 pages, double spaced, times new roman 12 font.
A cover page and references do not count towards the page content
Total Possible Points 200 (40 points for each component)
It should have ONE cover page, ONE reference page and include in-text citations and references for ALL areas.
The final paper asks you to answer the following:
1) Introduction
a. Interest in Personal and Social Adjustment
b. Preferred theory of personality such as psychoanalysis, humanistic, behaviorist, etc. (why, pros, cons)
2) Stress & Developing Healthy Habits
a. Sources of stress
b. How stress impacts physical & emotional health
c. How you manage with stress
3) Relationships & Self-Identity
a. How you see yourself vs how others see you (include gender and sexuality here and across development from adolescence to now)
b. Influence to self and others
c. Relationships and
