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Individual Changes Paper

Theme for the paper: If you knew you could not fail, what would you do to change/prevent a topic of violence or victimization (choose one of the topics in the text e.g., school violence, elder abuse, sexual violence, etc.). As part of your demonstration of evidenced-based writing in APA style format, you will be writinga coursepaperonhowyouwouldhelpothersinindividualchanges.InlecturediscussionsduringWeek2 on Victimization Theory, students will gain further instructional specifics including a sample paper and APA Style format samples to facilitate your paper writing. Lecture discussion and handout will focus on how to compose psychological theories, factors, and intervention and/or treatment programs in logical written presentation about individual changes.

Requirements for individual changes paper.

1) Your paper must address one of the topics listed in your text using the theme stated above.
2) Use evidenced-based research (a minimum of 5 research-based) citations to support your topic (you may use peer-reviewed professional journal articles or the Required Text and Recommended Websites sections in
the syllabus).
3) Your paper should have a running head and pagination.
4) Citations must conform to American Psychological Association (APA) Style, 6th Edition standard
APA website listed in syllabus).
5) Points will be deducted for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and APA style.

6) The individual changes paper is to be three pages of text (EXCLUDING: title and reference pages).
7) Please, no plastic covers.

**Rules for writing the individual changes paper. I expect all work that you turn in to be your own, original forthisPsychology309course,wellwritten,carefullyproofread,andwell-referenced(citations to research/theory to support your ideas). Your paper should include no more than 5% “quoted” material. As a general rule of thumb, a double-spaced page consists of about 25 lines of text with one- inch margins. I expect nomorethananaverageofonetooneandahalflinesoftextinquotesperpage. Myfocusongradingpapersis toevaluateyourwriting,notsomeoneelse’s.Anexaminationofpublishedresearchwillshowthatmost articles usequotessparingly,ifatall. Besuretofollow thePsychologyWritingRubricforIndividualChanges Paper Outcome below as detailed scoring criteria for further information of scoring and its relation to achievement of the requirements. This paper will be worth 50 points and is due through Turnitin in Moodle for this course by Monday, March 15th, 2016. Exceptions to use of Turnitin should be written email requests submitted by February 2nd, 2016.

Individual Changes Paper Scoring

Competent: Developing: Beginning: Unsatisfactory:

90-100% of points 80-89% of points 70-79% of points
less than 70% of points

Psychology Writing Rubric for Individual Changes Paper Outcome

Student Learning Outcome (SLO) #5: Demonstrate clear and effective writing in APA style
REFERENCING – 25% of Paper Score Applies APA format referencing to review psychological topics, develop hypotheses, and support assertions and interpretations
Alignment: Effectiveness and APA Style
Competent	Developing	Beginning
Writing demonstrates appropriate use of reference material to introduce, develop and defend ideas: references are properly formatted in the narrative with complete references to all cited sources in an APA formatted reference section	Writing usually uses reference material to introduce, develop and defend ideas; references usually show proper APA formatting in the narrative and reference section; references in the narrative nearly always correspond to those listed in the reference section	Writing inconsistently uses reference material to introduce, develop and defend ideas; references sometimes show proper APA formatting in the narrative and reference section; references in the narrative do not always correspond to those listed in the reference section
ORGANIZATION – 25% of Paper Score Ideas, topics, sections and paragraphs are sequenced to facilitate understanding by the reader; writing incorporates appropriate use of APA pagination, headings and sub-headings
Alignment: Clarity and APA Style
Competent	Developing	Beginning
Writing shows a cogent sequence of ideas that facilitates reader understanding; APA format headings and sub-headings are used to organize topics within sections; research reports incorporate APA format sections, headings, page numbers and running headers	Writing generally sequences ideas to facilitate reader understanding; APA headings and sub-headings are usually used to organize topics within sections; research reports usually incorporate APA format sections, headings, page numbers and running headers	Writinginconsistentlysequences ideas to facilitate reader understanding; APA headings and sub-headings are sometimes used to organize topics within sections; research reports sometimes incorporate APA format sections, headings, page numbers and running headers
HYPOTHESISDEVELOPMENT – 25% of Paper Score Psychological literature is critically reviewed to develop a hypothesis that can be investigated with additional literature or be empirically tested
Alignment: Effectiveness
Competent	Developing	Beginning

Psychological literature is critically reviewed to identify a theoretical issue or empirical question; multiple reference sources are creatively synthesized in the development of a focused and interesting hypothesis

Psychological literature is summarized to identify a theoretical issue or empirical question; multiple reference sources are reviewed sequentiallyor inconsistently integrated in the development of a clear hypothesis

Psychological literature is described in an attempt to identify a theoretical issue or empirical question; key reference sources are neglected or loosely connected to a poorlydefined hypothesis

WRITING QUALITY – 25% of Paper Score Writing is clear and concise; and incorporates appropriate use of terms, spelling, grammar, verb tense, and punctuation
Alignment: Clarity and Effectiveness
Competent	Developing	Beginning
Writing communicates ideas and reviews literature clearly; literature is reviewed at an appropriate level of detail, words are carefully selected to convey precise meaning;thenarrative isfreeofspelling, grammatical, verb tense and punctuation errors	Writing usually communicates ideas and reviews literature clearly; literature is usually reviewed at an appropriate level of detail, words are often selected to convey precise meaning; the narrative is mostly free of spelling, grammatical, verb tense and punctuation errors	Writing inconsistently communicate ideas or review literature clearly; literature is inconsistently reviewed at an appropriate level of detail, words are not always selected to convey precise meaning; the narrative contains frequent spelling, grammatical, verb tense and punctuation errors