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■ Topic Selection: Choosen topic: ■ Clinical Psychology

○ Topic Narrowing: narrow your topic to a population, specific idea, or subcategory of study.

○ Craft: craft a useable research statement to guide further research.

○ Conduct Research: with the given 5 scholarly sources find an additional source for a total of six (6) scholarly sources. Specifics about the types of allowable information found in the Formatting Requirements section below.

○ Read, Synthesize, and Critically Analyze the sources you located for your paper

○ Write:Write a 1,250-to-1,500-word literature review.

○ Write and Cite: Use APA 7th edition writing and citing rules when you are writing your paper.

○ Formatting Requirements: ○ The paper will be between 1250 and 1500 words in length (not including

title page, abstract, or references). ○ Your paper MUST include an introduction that includes a well-developed

research statement, and a comprehensive conclusion, in addition to the body of your work.

○ Your paper will feature a critical analysis of the information sources used in the paper.

○ You must locate and use at least one (1) .gov site with information pertinent to your research. You are not allowed to use .com or .org sites !

○ Your paper MUST adhere to APA 7th edition style of writing and citation.

○ You must use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. ○ You must write in a 12-pt. standard font (Times, Times New Roman, Arial,

or Calibri). ○ Your paper will have 1-inch margins. ○ The entire assignment will be double-spaced. ○ There will be no direct quotes anywhere in the paper, referenced or not.

This is to encourage you to learn effective analysis and paraphrasing techniques.

○ Cut and paste transfers from any source is considered plagiarism and will not be tolerated.

○ Plagiarism and will result in an immediate zero on the essay and will be reported to the Brenau University administration.