This semester you will write an Applied Final Project titled, Application of Psychology Paper. The final paper will be due during Week 7. The paper provides you an opportunity to apply psychological theory and research in the exploration of the book or film you submitted for approval during Week 2. (Recall, submission was made via the Application of Psychology Topic forum).
This week, your goal is to briefly outline the major sections of the Application of Psychology Paper, providing references at the end of your outline in APA Format. Two of the references used must be from scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Your outline should be 2-4 pages and be descriptive enough that I can get a sense of what the content of your paper will include. This is imperative so I can give you good feedback on your outline to enhance your final paper.
Please look at the outline tips document created especially for this assignment as well as this sample outline and sample paper from a previous student. The outline tips document is important. It connects you with tips, guidelines, and resources to build the outline. Please note that the student sample outline uses complete sentences. This is not required for a good outline, but the level of detail in the content is what is required. The sample outline is a product from a student who did well and was willing to share his outline as an example for future classes. Please, do not duplicate the movie, disorder, or content of this example outline in any way.
Supporting Resources:
The UMGC Citing and Writing Guide, is great for help with APA Style in-text citations and references.
You can also take advantage of the UMGC Effective Writing Center to gain early feedback and assistance with APA compliance. WRITING CENTER
Grading
Rubric – Your outline will be graded based on organization, content, use of research, references, and formatting using the associated rubric.
Turnitin – This assignment will be reviewed by Turnitin which will generate a similarity report upon submission to LEO. A new similarity report will be generated every time you upload the assignment until the due date. Please use this similarity report to improve your paper as plagiarism will NOT be tolerated. Please see the instructions posted to Week 1 on using Turnitin for additional information.
Check the Course Schedule in the syllabus for the due date. Your instructor will determine the penalty for late paper submissions.
OUTLINE SAMPLE
Text Box: This is a sample paper constructed by a prior student. It demonstrates the general formatting and approach for constructing the Application of Psychology Paper Outline. Please reference the Application of Psychology Paper Outline instructions, posted in the Week 5 Activities, and related supporting resources accompanying the instructions when writing your outline.Outline for the Application of Psychology Paper
Title: A Look Into Schizotypal Personality Disorder as Illustrated in Joker
I. Introduction
A. Introductory Statement: Joker depicts a man who is seen struggling in a world who has no regard for him and his mental state. Arthur’s mental health causes a lot of people in his life to dismiss him, which later leads to a different image of himself that was previously portrayed.
B. Thesis Statement: In this paper, I will explore the symptoms, causes, lifestyle impacts, and treatments of schizotypal personality disorder (SPD) through the main character Arthur Fleck, in the movie Joker.
II. Body
A. Summarize the Media/Movie (Topic Sentence): Joker is a movie about a troubled man, who is seems to be struggling to make ends meet both in a physical and mental sense. The main character, Arthur works for a clown business and finds joy in coming to work every day to make people laugh. While, he is alone, a different side is portrayed. The movie takes place in Gotham City, during this time it is seen to be very gloomy and filled with crime and poverty.
1. Arthur suffers from mental illness. One of the main traits includes laughing when he is uncomfortable. One day while at work advertising a store with a sign, a group of teenagers take his sign while repeatedly kicking and punching him. In this scenario, the joker’s reaction is laughter.
2. One day while the joker and his neighbor were in an elevator, they have a brief conversation. This isolated incident leads him to create the illusion that he is involved in a romantic relationship with said neighbor.
3. On a subway ride home, Arthur finds trouble when he notices four men harassing a woman. Instead of intervening, he starts laughing uncontrollably which draws the men over to him, then a fight ensues. Arthur shoots and kills the men on the train station, which causes a great deal of media attention.
4. After admitting to the murders, Arthur appears on a nationally syndicated television talk show. While on the show the Joker begins to tell a joke. “What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a society that abandons him and treats him like trash?!” (Joker (2019) – IMDb, 2020) Talk show host looks surprised but doesn’t respond. The joker responds by shooting and killing the talk show host on national TV. The media responded by giving him praise to showcase the divide between the upper- and lower-class citizens.
B. Summarize Research on Psychological Concepts (Topic Sentence): Researchers suggests that SPD can be the result of environmental factors, such as childhood experiences or could have been passed down from your family.
1. SPD can include symptoms such as odd beliefs, speech, behavior or appearance, paranoia, social anxiety, inappropriate responses (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Walsh, 2017)
2. Childhood trauma has a high association with members who have been diagnosed with SPD, including physical sexual, and emotional abuse; physical and emotional neglect; and household dysfunction (Ridenour, 2016).
3. Untreated SPD can cause disruptions in social, emotional, and occupational functioning. In Overstreet vs. Wilson (2012), Michael Overstreet kidnapped murdered Kelly Eckart. The defendant claimed to suffer from schizotypal personality disorder.
4. SPD can be treated with medication and psychotherapy that can be used to cope with the different symptoms. Cognitive behavioral therapy, Antipsychotic medications, and antidepressants all play a huge part in regulating symptoms to help people living with STPD live a normal life. (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; The Saylor Foundation, n.d.)
C. Apply Psychological Concepts to Movie (Topic Sentence): Arthur Fleck comes from a very underprivileged background. Living in Gotham City, where crime rates are through the roof, the world does not sit back and take a second to help. Instead, this society places the mentally ill under lots of discrimination and rejection.
1. Throughout this film, Arthur exhibited a lot of symptoms such as social anxiety, odd appearance and inappropriate responses, delusions, and violent outbursts.
2. Due to Arthur’s environment and lack of attention to his illness, directly caused him to go off the deep end with some of his actions.
3. He tried to seek treatment but did not get it, so his symptoms worsened.
III. Conclusion
A. Closing Statement: Arthur struggled in a society that did not see him, and was tormented both a physical and mental sense. Many people struggle with discrimination when it comes to mental illness. Sometimes discrimination is not as apparent as we might think.
B. Restate Thesis: I have explored the symptoms, lifestyle impact and treatments of schizotypal personality disorder through the main character Arthur Fleck, in the movie Joker.
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
Coccaro, E. F., & Siever, L. J. (2005). Neurobiology. In J. M. Oldham, A. E. Skodol, & D. Bender (Eds.), Textbook of personality disorders (pp. 155–169). American Psychiatric Press.
Cooper, B., Webb, D., & Koskoff E. (Producers), & Phillips, T. (Director and Producer). (2019). Joker [Motion Picture]. Warner Bros.
Overstreet v. Wilson, 783 N.E.2nd 1140 (D. Ind. 2003)., aff’d No. 11-2276 (7th Cir. 2012). https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-7th-circuit/1605724.html.
Ridenour, J. M. (2016). Psychodynamic model and treatment of schizotypal personality disorder. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 33(1), 129–146. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035531
The Saylor Foundation. (n.d.). Introduction to psychology. https://www.saylor.org/books/
Walsh, J. (2017). Schizotypal Personality Disorder: A clinical social work perspective. Journal of Social Work Practice, 31(1), 67–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2015.1132686
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