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Overview

This assignment will be your first milestone as you begin to work on your final project, the theoretical analysis. In Module One, you selected a theory from the list of approved theories for the theoretical analysis. Milestone One is an outline of the Background and Basics of the Theory section. You do not need to complete a full draft of this section;  only an outline will be accepted. Please do not submit a rough draft.

This rubric will help you develop your outline for this assignment. Be sure to refer to the  Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document to review the full assignment that you will submit in  Module Nine and to see how your outline will be fleshed out later in the course. This will help you understand what needs to be included in your outline. Use the information you have been collecting in your annotated bibliography to support you in this milestone.

Prompt

For this assignment, you will write an outline of Milestone One of the final project. The outline will list key points of the historical overview of your selected theory, review key points about the theory’s historical development, identify the key theorist(s) associated with the theory, and discuss how the theory is used today.

I. Milestone One: Background and Basics of the Theory

A. Provide a  historical overview of your selected theory, including relevant historical events that influenced the theory.

B. Analyze the  historical development of the theory based on when and where it was developed. Consider what the prevailing theories of the time were. How does this theory relate to the earlier theories?

C. Identify the  key theorist (theorists) associated with this theory. Provide the relevant biographical information and historical events that may have influenced the theorist’s work and led to the development of the theory.

D. Articulate the  key concepts of this theory as conceived by the key theorist(s). Support your response with relevant research. Be sure to include primary sources and noteworthy or historically relevant research.

E. Discuss  how the theory is used today, identifying key differences from its initial application. What key concepts in the theory have changed over time, and how has the theory’s role changed?

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[Note: To complete this template, replace the bracketed text with your own content. Remove this note and all others in the template before you submit your assignment.]

Milestone One

[Your First and Last Name]

[Course Number and Name]

[Your Instructor’s Name]

[Date Assignment Is Due]

[Note: Create an outline for this section of your final paper using an outline format. Outline format should include bulleted information with letter or number labels to indicate organization strategy.

The outline does not need to include full paragraphs.

The outline must include in-text citations for resources you intend to use in that section. Failure to use in-text citations suggests that there is no research-based support for that portion of the paper, which is likely to lead to grade penalties for that section of the rubric.

Please do not change the order of the content that is required for the assignment. However, you may add extra paragraphs for sections that require more information based on the content you wish to convey.]

Outline

Historical Overview

· [Provide a historical overview of your selected theory, including relevant historical events that influenced the theory.]

· [Additional points of discussion—you may add or delete points in each of the outline sections]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

Historical Development

· [Analyze the historical development of the theory based on when and where it was developed.]

· [Additional points of discussion—you may add or delete points in each of the outline sections]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Consider what the prevailing theories of the time were.]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [How does this theory relate to the earlier theories?]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

Key Theorist

· [Identify the key theorist (theorists) associated with this theory.]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Provide the relevant biographical information and historical events that may have influenced the theorist’s work and led to the development of this theory.]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

Key Concepts

· [Articulate the key concepts of this theory as conceived by the key theorist(s). Support your response with relevant research. Be sure to include primary sources and noteworthy or historically relevant research.]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

How the Theory Is Used Today

· [Discuss how the theory is used today, identifying key differences from its initial application. What key concepts in the theory have changed over time, and how has the theory’s role changed?]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

· [Additional points of discussion]

References

[Notes:

References must be in alphabetical order. The list of references must be on a separate page.

Use the most recent edition of the APA manual to format the references.

Use only black 12-point Times New Roman font with double spacing, a hanging indent, and one-inch margins all around. Do not change the font color and do not underline.

In the retrieval information, do not include the database. Do not include the retrieval date. Include the DOI if the article has it.

If you include the electronic location, give only the shortest, most direct link to the actual article. Include only the direct URL to the article.

Use only primary sources for your references. Ask the library for assistance in locating recent primary sources for your papers.

References must all be primary sources: scholarly, professional, academic, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Other sources are not acceptable for academic research and referencing and are not to be used for this class, such as magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, Wikipedia, other wikis, blogs, non-scholarly websites, or any non-scientific sources that do not provide quality researched materials (any source that does not use credible sources to support the information in the document).

For every reference in your list of references, your paper must also include the corresponding in-text citations. Make sure all citations correspond with the references and vice versa.

All references must be cited.

All citations must be referenced.

Format for Books: Last name, F. I. (Year). Title of book. Publisher. For example: Carl, J. (2011). Think sociology. Prentice Hall.

Format for Scholarly Journal Articles: Last name, F. I. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page numbers. https://doi.org/10.xxxxxxx For example: Roehl, B. Q. (1999). The rhetoric of composition: Convincing others. Journal of Composition Studies, 36(2), 132–144. https://doi.org/10190299.jocs]

PSY 560 Research Table

The purpose of this document is to help you organize the research that you conduct for your final project. The first portion of this document is an annotated bibliography. Here you will keep notes on the various research materials that you read while researching for your final project. The second portion of this document is a chart that you can use to take notes on key concepts of each theory. You will also note how the research is related to your selected theory for the final project. How relevant is the research? How does the research compare or contrast with the final project theory? You will use this information as you complete the milestone assignments and the final project. Incorporate the feedback you receive from this assignment as you continuing working on the table.

This is a working document that you will update as you encounter new research. You will turn this in several times throughout the term so your instructor can monitor your progress and provide feedback.

Refer to the Research Table Guidelines and Rubric document for more details on how you will be assessed on this table.

Part One: Annotated Bibliography

You will need a minimum of ten sources for your final project. Use this as a place to keep your research that you will use in your milestones and final project.

In Part One, you will be assessed on the following criteria:

i. Citation: Use APA formatting for your citations.

ii. Summary and applicability to the final project

a. Not all sources you encounter in your research will be applicable to the final paper, so it is a good idea to note the relation the theory does or does not have. You may come back to a source at a later time as you gain more insight about the different theories, so note all the different research you encounter for easy retrieval.

iii. Additional Notes

Citation	Summary and Applicability to Your Project	Additional Notes

Part Two: Theory Chart

Be sure to identify any theories that apply to the theory you are focusing on for your final project.

i. Key Concepts

a. Identify the key concepts of the research.

ii. Historical Context and Historical Figures

a. Summarize the historical context of the research, including historical figures related to the research.

iii. Validity and Accuracy

a. Part One of the textbook explains these terms to help you further evaluate the theory based on validity and accuracy. Use this information to evaluate the validity and accuracy of the research.

iv. Applicability of Theory Today

a. Identify the contemporary application of each theory.

v. Theory’s Relationship to the Final Project

a. Does the new theory support or contrast with the theory evaluated in the final project?

b. What key concepts are important for the comparison to the final project?

c. Is there a strong or weak relation to the theory evaluated in the final project?

Theory Related to Final Project	Key Concepts	Historical Context and Historical Figures	Validity and Accuracy	Applicability of Theory Today	Connection to Final Project

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