Writing a paper for Psychology

Personal Reflection Journal Entry

Your Name

PSY 100

April 1, 2015

Dr. Marsha Riggio

Retrospective Analysis of Personality

Introduction

Introduce your 1-2 page paper to the reader in this section and tell them what they are about to read in this paper so they understand the flow of your paper and what to anticipate in each section. You should keep all headings and subheadings that you see here as these are the required sections of the assignment. Also, be sure to keep the format of the cover page as it is here as well as the running head on cover page and header on rest of the pages; keep these exactly as they are as these are in APA format.

Adjusting to Life

In this section of your paper, reflect on how well you are adjusting to your life in terms of subjective well-being, diversity, contexts, and / or thinking critically.

Balancing Priorities

In this section of your paper, reflect on how well you are balancing your priorities, specifically with home, work, school, recreation, and / or family. If you decide to have a quote in your paper, be sure to reference the source of the quote and inlcude a reference page as shown at the end of this paper; references are not required for this paper. The quote should be formatted like this, “Psychology has many perspectives with many theoretical approaches” (Santrak, 2006, p. 26).

Developing Your Identity

In this part of your paper, reflect on how well you are developing your identity, specifically self-esteem, self-concept, ethnicity, and / or gender.

Coping with Stress

In this part of your paper, reflect on how well you are coping with stress, specifically social support, multiple coping strategies, and / or self-control. If you summarize or paraphrase language from other sources without quotes you just format it like this (Baron and Kalsher, 2008). Remember to inlcude a reference page as shown at the end of this paper if you summarize a source.

Conclusion

This section should have a conclusion statement that tells the reader overall what your message was in this paper. Should also include and final wrap-up sentences as well that leaves the reader feeling like that understood what your paper was about. Notice that the next section for the references, your heading should be like it is, but it is not bold, and format all sources cited in this paper in APA format like the sample one for our course book provided. For future classes that require a reference section, always have more references than just the minimum required.

References

Baron, R. A., & Kalsher, M. J. (2008). Introduction to psychology: Third custom edition (2nd

ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon (Pearson).

Santrock, J. (2006). Human adjustment: 2007 custom edition. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.