Expert answer:Psych 100 –Fall 2017Paper assignment: Applying Psychological Science Paper #2 Here is information on paper assignment, #2.This document contains much information that already is on the syllabus. APSP #2 is due on Wednesday, November 22, end of day (11:59 pm).Papers are to be submitted electronically, which allows for these otherwise-unusual deadline times. The paper assignment, and all of the paper submission guidelines are identical to those of APSP #1. The only difference is the new topics (below).As you’ll recall, the paper assignment is: (a) to address an applied challenge, that is, some challenge faced in the “real world,” outside of university departments of psychology, by (b) making use of information in a scientific paper that presents some psychological science that can be used to address the challenge. Below, you will find a list of paper topics.You should choose one as your topic.Each topic contains two parts:(a) an applied challenge, and (b) a scientific paper relevant to that challenge.Once you choose a topic, your assignment is to: SEQ CHAPTER h r 1(1) describe the theory and research presented in the scientific paper listed for your topic(2) explain how that theory and research addresses the applied challenge, in other words, to explain how the psychological science (the theory and research in the paper) might help to solve the problem faced by the person with the applied challenge.The paper you write should be 3.5 – 4 pages in length, double-spaced.That is font size 12, 1-inch-margins, and 3.5 – 4 pages of actual text that you yourself write.(This would be roughly 1100 words of writing.)In these 3.5-4 pages, you should be accomplishing the two asks above: (1) describe the theory and research presented in the scientific paper you read (answer questions such as: What is the main idea of the paper? What are the main research findings supporting this idea? What methods did the researcher use to support their findings?), and (2) explain how that theory and research can be applied to the applied problem (explain what the person facing the applied challenge might do differently if they knew about the theory and research in the paper).You should probably spend about an equal amount of space on each of the two tasks; your paper thus would have about 1.5-2 pages describing the theory and research that is presented in the relevant scientific paper, and about 1.5-2 pages explaining how the scientific information might be used to solve the applied problem. In these 3.5-4 pages, then, you should be accomplishing the two asks above:(1) describe the theory and research presented in the scientific paper you read (answer questions such as: what is the main idea of the paper? What are the main research findings supporting this idea?), and (2) explain how that theory and research can be applied to the applied problem (what would the person facing the applied challenge do differently if they knew about the theory and research in the paper?).You should probably spend about an equally amount of time on each of the two topics.So your paper should have about 1.5-2 pages describing the theory and research that is presented in the relevant scientific paper, and about 1.5-2 pages explaining how this scientific information might be used to solve the problem faced by the person with the applied challenge.Notes on the Readings:You do not have to do any additional outside reading for the paper, that is, you don’t have to read anything except for the one paper listed as the relevant scientific paper for your topic. Also note that you can get your paper, absolutely for free, in either of two ways.If you’re on campus, you merely need enter the title of the paper into an internet browser.Google Scholar almost always finds the paper, and if you’re on campus the UIC computer system will add a “Find It @ UIC” link.Alternatively, from any computer you can access the paper through the UIC library system list of electronic journals.(We’ll have a presentation in class on how to do this.)Notes on writing style:For this paper, you should have little or no direct quotes from the paper.Unlike a writing style in the humanities (e.g., an English class in which you are writing about a work of fiction), here in the social sciences there is rarely any need at all to quote directly, word-for-word, from a paper you are reading.The text in your paper should be text written by you.Notes on plagiarism: Anytime you are discussing someone else’s words you need to give the author credit by citing them. Otherwise, this is plagiarism. By citing the author, you are adding credibility to your argument and avoiding plagiarism. An example of an in-text citation looks like this: where you first list the ideas of an author followed with an in-line citation: Psychology is the scientific study of person, the mind, and the brain (Cervone, 2014).Gender Differences and Memory Suppose that two friends of yours – let’s call them Joan and John – are in a romantic relationship, and have been in the relationship a long time.One day, while you’re visiting them, they get into a big argument about memory.Joan says women have better memory than men.John says men have better memory than women.Joan says she can prove it, and does so by recalling what the couple said to one another when they first met (which John can’t remember).John says he can prove it, and does so by recalling the exact route from their old first apartment to their old favorite restaurant (which Joan can’t remember).The argument – “Women have better memory.”“No, men have better memory” – goes on and on.What can you say to resolve the argument? Relevant scientific paperHerlitz, A., & Rehnman, J. (2008).Sex differences in episodic memory.Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 52-56.
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