General Psychology... Term paper on Emerging Adulthood (writing assignment)

Major Paper Assignment (Option #2)

(Research Component)

As professional educators, we realize that asking students to write a personal psychoanalysis may be extremely uncomfortable for some individuals. Although we agree that it is a preferred format, we understand that some people either do not trust their professors to open up to the degree that would be required, or opening up might impact old wounds that are not healed. For that reason, we offer an alternative assignment which will in essence test the same concepts but in a less threatening way. Because it does not maintain the introspection that the first paper does, it is a longer assignment, but it is an alternative for those who are concerned with the first assignment.

Emerging Adulthood is something that the book does not talk about – but more than ever, we really see it is upon us.  The theory of Emerging Adulthood is that when we turn 18 – we do not become adults.  We maybe don’t even deserve adult privileges at 18.  There is a time of growth between ages 18 and 25 (or 27, depending on what you read) – that is unique and new.  You will write a 2500 word paper with 7-10 outside resources (since it is not discussed at all in the book) – summarizing and describing what the theory of emerging adulthood is all about from a developmental, emotional, cognitive and social perspective. 

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett is the leading researcher in the field.  You should integrate all four major views - cognitive, behaviorism, humanistic and psychoanalytic into the paper.  At least 5 outside resources must be from research journals.  A properly formatted Works Cited should be included within the paper. The assignment MUST be in APA format. Please refer to the APA template paper for more information. If you are having a hard time writing in APA format, you may contact your instructor or visit the school’s learning center for more information.

The same rubric will be followed for both papers – except “using the book” will be replaced with “using the research”, and the research paper will also be graded on correct APA format and a 500 word increased minimum requirement.

The assignment will be run through a plagiarizer checker, and any assignment that is found to have plagiarism will receive a “0” – which will effectively make you fail the course.