Seeking help with the following weeks 2 and 3 UOP PSY/525 Individual Assignments. Thank you!

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Week 2 Individual Assignment

DUE DATE

This assignment is due on Monday, Day 7 of Week 2.

ASSIGNMENT

Select one of the following significant occurrences in the development of psychological

testing:

* Initial creation of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (now called the SAT)

* The increase over the last 15 years in the number of states requiring high school seniors

to pass a statewide graduation exam

* Attempts to relate human body shape to personality characteristics, especially

phrenology and the theory of somatotypes.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper exploring your selected event and its historical roots. In

your paper, explain why the event is significant and how it has affected the development of

psychological testing in the 21st century.

SPECIFICATIONS

DOCUMENT TYPE REQUIRED: MS Word, .RTF, or .PDF document

LENGTH: 700 to 1,050 words

APA FORMAT REQUIREMENTS:

* Page headers

* Title page

* References with citations in the text (minimum number of references: one)

* 12-point Times New Roman

* Double-spaced

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GRADING RUBRIC

Task Criteria Weight

Content and Organization (70%)

" Select one of the following

significant occurrences in the

development of psychological

testing."

Topic is one of those listed in the

assignment.

5%

"Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper

exploring your selected event and its

historical roots. In your paper,

explain why the event is significant

and how it has affected the

development of psychological testing

in the 21st century."

Explored its historical roots. 5%

Explained why the event is significant. 5%

Explained how the event has affected the

development of psychological testing in

the 21st century.

5%

The paper is 700 to 1,050 words. 4%

The content is the student's own work 10%

The content is comprehensive and

accurate

10%

The paper develops a central theme or

idea, directed toward the appropriate

audience.

8%

Major points are stated clearly; are

supported by specific details, examples, or

analysis; and are organized logically.

10%

The introduction provides sufficient

background on the topic and previews

major points.

4%

The conclusion is logical, flows from the

body of the paper, and reviews the major

points.

4%

Clarity and Flow of Ideas (10%)

Write with a style that is appropriate

and readable

Ideas are expressed clearly and

coherently.

5%

Sentences and paragraphs create a

smooth flow of ideas.

5%

Mechanics (10%)

Use correct grammar, spelling,

punctuation, and word usage

Rules of grammar are followed. 4%

Spelling is correct. 2%

Word usage is correct. 4%

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APA Style (10%)

APA FORMAT REQUIREMENTS:

* Page headers

* Title page

* References with citations in the text

* 12-point Times New Roman font

* Double-spaced

Title page and page headers 2%

Font and line spacing 3%

Reference and citation format (from mini-

rubric below)

5%

APA REFERENCES CRITERIA Mini-Rubric

Used 12-point Times New Roman font

throughout

Listed references alphabetically by author(s) last

name

Uses first initials for authors, not first names

Included all required components (authors,

article title, journal title, etc.)

Placed components in correct order

Used plain text for article titles (not italics, or

bold, or all-caps, etc.)

Used proper capitalization for article, journal,

and book titles

Used italics for journal or book titles

Formatted volume number and page numbers

correctly

Used double spacing throughout the References

list

Used hanging indents

Used other APA format features correctly

Avoided using articles that appear to be

secondary references (e.g. references more than

60 years old).

Articles cited in text match articles in Reference

section

Used correct format for citations

WATCH OUT FOR . . .

The most frequent issues that cause students to lose points on this assignment are:

• Failing to describe how the event influences psychological testing in the 21st century • Using too many direct quotes • Including references for books or articles that they are unlikely to have read (for

example, books written more than 50 years ago)

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• Failing to include good introductory and/or closing paragraphs • Using improper APA formatting of citations and references • Improper referencing of secondary sources (see below)

NOTES

This is one of the few assignments that does not require your references to be from peer-

reviewed professional journals. You're free to use Wikipedia and other websites.

As noted above, avoid listing references that you haven't personally read. Frequently for

this assignment students will cite an ancient book that they are highly unlikely to have read.

If you're reading an article about a psychologist that contains a good quote from one of his

articles or books, and you use the quote in your paper, your citation for the quote should be

to the article you actually read, not to the older article or book. In this case, the article you

read is called a secondary source.

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Here's an example I’ve adapted from the Purdue OWL website

(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/09/):

Work Discussed in a Secondary Source

Suppose you were reading an article by Smith, and Smith mentions information from

something published by Jones in 1943. You want to use the Jones information in your

paper, but you haven’t actually read Jones’ article, you’ve only read what Smith said about it. Here’s what you do:

* In your references list, list the article you’ve actually read: Smith’s.

* In the text of your paper, mention both Smith and Jones.

For example, in the references list, list the source the work was discussed in:

Smith, J. (1993). Models of reading aloud: Dual-route and parallel-distributed-processing approaches. Psychological Review, 100, 589-608.

In the text of your paper, use the following citation:

In Jones’ study in 1943 (as cited in Smith, 1993), ...

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