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Term Paper Instructions

TERM PAPER ASSIGNMENT

Please read the instructions for the term paper assignment below.

Papers that do not conform to the assignment specifications may not be accepted.

CASE STUDY

Pretext

A common application of

personality theory is a case study of a single individual that

applies one or more theoretical views to understanding a person.

A good case study

explains the causes of a person’s current behavior, makes predictions about their future

behavior, and provide

s the information required for interventions designed to change

the person. For example, a case study may be used to assist psychotherapy, personnel

decisions (e.g., hiring, firing), legal decisions (e.g., parole, amicus briefs, insanity

adjudication), edu

cational placements (e.g., special education programs, admissions

decisions), etc.

Assignment

The term paper should be a minimum of five pages, double spaced, and should consist

of three sections: Background, Explanation, Comparison.

In section one, descri

be the history and development of two personality theories

covered in the course as it relates to explaining human behavior in general.

In section two, explain a particular behavior pattern of an individual using each of the

two theories you described in s

ection one.

Describe how each theory would explain the

causes of the behavior pattern.

In section three, explain how and why the two theories differ in their explanations of the

behavior pattern.

Indicate how each would make a different prediction about

the future

progression of the individual’s behavior.

Format

The final term paper should be a minimum of 5 pages, double spaced.

Each of the

three sections should have the headings above

underlined and

should be approximately

two pages.

The paper should be

written in

APA

(Links

to

an

external

site.)

style.

The text book

is

written in APA style and should serve as a model for the assignment’s style and

format.

Students should be especially attentive to

APA writing style

(Links

to

an

external

site.)

:

Term Paper Instructions

TERM PAPER ASSIGNMENT

Please read the instructions for the term paper assignment below.

Papers that do not conform to the assignment specifications may not be accepted.

CASE STUDY

Pretext

A common application of personality theory is a case study of a single individual that

applies one or more theoretical views to understanding a person. A good case study

explains the causes of a person’s current behavior, makes predictions about their future

behavior, and provides the information required for interventions designed to change

the person. For example, a case study may be used to assist psychotherapy, personnel

decisions (e.g., hiring, firing), legal decisions (e.g., parole, amicus briefs, insanity

adjudication), educational placements (e.g., special education programs, admissions

decisions), etc.

Assignment

The term paper should be a minimum of five pages, double spaced, and should consist

of three sections: Background, Explanation, Comparison.

In section one, describe the history and development of two personality theories

covered in the course as it relates to explaining human behavior in general.

In section two, explain a particular behavior pattern of an individual using each of the

two theories you described in section one. Describe how each theory would explain the

causes of the behavior pattern.

In section three, explain how and why the two theories differ in their explanations of the

behavior pattern. Indicate how each would make a different prediction about the future

progression of the individual’s behavior.

Format

The final term paper should be a minimum of 5 pages, double spaced. Each of the

three sections should have the headings above underlined and should be approximately

two pages.

The paper should be written in APA (Links to an external site.) style. The text book is

written in APA style and should serve as a model for the assignment’s style and

format. Students should be especially attentive to APA writing style (Links to an

external site.):