Psychology 2301 - General Psychology Assignment
Write a brief paper describing your observation or experience of a psychological phenomenon related to the material in General Psychology. In addition, you should offer some assessment or explanation of what you observed using the knowledge you have gained in the course.
Objective: Often, as individuals learn about general psychology, they notice things in their world that relate to the course material. These things may have been happening in their experience or going on around them for years, but they may not have given them much thought until the phenomena are discussed in class or read about in the book. Sometimes, something related to psychology goes viral in the popular media (for example, remember the while/gold and/or blue/black dress?). The purpose of a thought paper is to give you the opportunity to reflect formally on such an experience, which will allow you to make a connection between what you are learning in this class and real life.
Guidelines: In the paper, your tasks are to (1) describe the phenomena you observed or experienced, and (2) describe how what you observed or experienced relates to material learned in class. Both of these tasks should be met using your own words. The paper is not a research paper; it is a thought paper and the thoughts that should be expressed are your own. Therefore, you do not need any formal references. If you do want to refer to a part of the text, something that was said or seen during a class meeting, or something you found online, it is necessary that you point to the source, but that can be accomplished informally. (For example, "The authors of our text, Yantis and Abrams, wrote...;" "In class, we discussed...;" "When I first saw the dress online at https://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/help-am-i-going-insane-its-definitely-blue..."). You must not copy material from our text, material found online, or material from any other source. Instead, you should paraphrase, which means to write using your own words. Failure to paraphrase correctly may result in plagiarism, which is an Honor Code violation (see the Plagiarism Handout). Furthermore, do not quote; quotes are not your own words, so they should not be part of a paper containing your thoughts. See the sample paper posted on D2l.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.