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Writing Assignment
Writing Assignment:
Each student will required to write a 4 page about a condition from the list below or one that has been cleared with the professor. In other words, if you have personal knowledge or interest in a psychological disorder that you would like to write a paper about, send me an email. I want to okay the topic beforehand to make sure it is appropriate.
I ask that you follow APA style when referencing your sources. Please use 12 point font Times New Roman (which also follows APA style). The 4 page requirement does not include the necessary Reference Page. Title pages are not necessary.
Writing Assignment
The paper should:
A. Define the condition (e.g., how does it come about? What are the main issues?)
B. Describe how one might recognize a person with the condition (e.g., what are the symptoms? What does it look like to an outsider?)
C. Possible therapies for the condition. Please do not try and spend a bulk of the paper describing drug therapies for the disorder. Two or three paragraphs describing therapies should suffice.
D. You will need to also turn in typed references (not included in page requirement). You may use any source you can find (i.e., books, internet, magazines), as long as you include them in your references. preferably articles from peer a reviewed journal. APA citation style is required.
Possible Topics
| Agoraphobia | Delirium | Postpartum Depression |
| Alcohol Dependence | Dementia | Posttraumatic Stress Disorder |
| Anorexia Nervosa | Dissociative Identity Disorder | Pyromania |
| Antisocial Personality | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | Rett’s Disorder |
| Asperger's Disorder | Foreign accent syndrome | Schizophrenia |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Separation Anxiety Disorder |
| Autism | Histrionic Personality Disorder | Simple Phobia(Specific Phobia) |
| Bigorexia (work out) | Hyperlexia | Social Phobias |
| Bipolar Disorder | Hypochondriasis | Stockholm syndrome |
| Body Integrity Identity Disorder | Major Depressive Disorder | Stuttering |
| Borderline Personality Disorder | Mental Retardation | Stuttering |
| Bulimia Nervosa | Munchhausen | Tourette’s Syndrome |
| Capgras' syndrome | Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder | Tricotillomania(Hair pulling) |
| Compulsive Hoarding | Panic Disorder | Triskaidekaphobia (fear of ‘13’) |
| Compulsive Overeating | Pathological Gambling | Williams Syndrome |
| Cotard Delusion (I’m dead) | Pica |
| Performance Indicators | ||||||
| Exceptional | Above Expectations | Meets Expectations | Below Expectations | Needs Significant Improvement | Not done | |
| Disorder Description | (20 points) Student did exceptional job deciding what information to share and the depth of information to provide. Target audience will be greatly informed but not overwhelmed by details. The topic was made interesting and the information useful. | (17 points) Student provided ample information about their topic and informed the target audience well. Details about the topic were relevant and interesting for the target audience. | (14 points) Student provided adequate information about their topic and informed the target audience adequately. Relevant information was selected and shared appropriately | (11 points) Student did not provide enough details about the topic to be informative. Or, student chose too much information and the topic was confusing for the target audience. | (8 points) Information provided about the topic was greatly lacking and little to no information would be gained by readers. Presentation needed more work providing adequate information that would assist naive learners. | (0 points) Not done |
| Symptoms | (20 points) Description of symptoms or how one would recognize someone with this disorder was above exceptional. Student gave outstanding examples of how this looks and left no confusion | (17 points) Description of symptoms or how one would recognize someone with this disorder was above expectations. Student made it clear and used relevant examples | (14 points) Description of symptoms or how one would recognize someone with this disorder was satisfactory. | (11 points) Description of symptoms or how one would recognize someone with this disorder was below expectations. Not all symtpoms or relevant traits were addressed | (8 points) Description of symptoms needed much more detail or relevance tied in. | (0 points) Not done |
| Treatment | (20 points) Description of treatment of this disorder was exceptional. Student provided ample detail to understand treatment without being overwhelmed and made it clear and interesting | (17 points) Description of treatment of this disorder was above expectations. Presenter provided ample detail to understand treatment without being overwhelmed | (14 points) Description of treatment of this disorder was satisfactory. | (11 points) Description of treatment of this disorder was below satisfactory level. More information was needed or too much information was provided in an unclear way | (8 points) Treatment needed much more detail or clarification | (0 points) Not done |
| Spelling & Grammar | (15 points) Paper had no typos or grammatical errors | (14 points) Paper had one typo or gram | (13 points) Paper had few typos or grammatical errors | (12 points) Paper had a few typos and a | (11 points) Paper had multiple typos and/or grammatical errors | (0 points) Not done |
| Paper Organization | (15 points) Paper demonstrates development of a structured flow of ideas from a set of facts, research, and ideas and show clear transitions between an introduction, development of ideas and conclusion. | (14 points) Paper shows clear transitions between an introduction, development of ideas, and conclusion. | (13 points) Paper adequately demonstrates structure in research and presented thoughts | (12 points) Paper follows a structure but structure could be improved | (11 points) Paper is lacking in appropriate structure or shows difficulty with transitions. | (0 points) Not done |
| APA Style | (10 points) Paper followed all APA style requirements | (9 points) Paper followed most but not all APA style requirements | (8 points) Paper minimally followed APA style requirements | (0 points) Not done |
Title Page
Joseph Spearman
Northcentral University
Research Design
Dr. Jeremy Owens
10/06/2013
Effect of Patient Anxiety on Emergency Room Visit Outcomes
APA Format In-Text Citation
When you have used a source in an assignment it is necessary to credit the source for the reader.
This credit appears in two places: within the body of the assignment (the in-text citation) and at the end of the assignment (in the reference list). For every in-text citation there should be a matching entry in the reference list, and vice versa.
The in-text citation contains basic information about the source:
The source's author(s)
The year of publication
The page number (sometimes)
APA Format In-Text Citation
An in-text citation looks like this:
When testing the usability of a website, it is necessary to gather demographic information about the users (Lazar, 2006).
Note that the full stop only comes after the closing bracket, and that only the surname (family name) of the author is used.
The author's name can also be incorporated into a sentence in the assignment, in which case it is moved outside the brackets:
Lazar (2006) notes that a fundamental part of usability testing is understanding the demographics of the users.
An in-text citation is needed whenever you have used information, ideas, concepts, or facts from another source. If you have paraphrased, summarised or quoted another author, you need to provide an in-text citation.
APA Format Reference Page
References
Bowker, N., & Tuffin, K. (2002). Users with disabilities' social and economic development through online access. In M. Boumedine (Ed.), Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing (pp. 122–127). Anaheim, CA: ACTA Press.
Durie, M. (2003). Ngā kāhui pou: Launching Māori futures. Wellington, New Zealand: Huia Publishers.
Hazledine, T., & Quiggan, J. (2006). Public policy in Australia and New Zealand: The new global context. Australian Journal of Political Science, 41(2), 131–143.
Ministry for Primary Industries. (2012). Rural communities. Retrieved from http://www.mpi.govt.nz/agriculture/rural-communities
