Welcome to your first paper (out of five)!
Before I discuss Paper One, I want to jump ahead and mention your final paper, Paper Five. Your final paper in this course will be similar to an empirical manuscript that researchers submit to academic journals. It takes a lot of work, but we want to make the process as painless for you as possible. Rather than just turning in one final paper, you will turn in sections of the paper and get feedback on your work. You will then merge your first four papers together into one final fifth paper. Make sure to read over our feedback and incorporate changes we might suggest into your final paper!
INSTRUCTIONS
- 1). Paper I - Literature Review Study One Instructions (Source Credibility in Online Therapy, Summer 2026)
- 2). Paper I - Instructions - The Short Version
- 3). Paper I - Literature Review Grading Rubric
- 4). Paper I - Literature Review Checklist (If you can check "Yes" to all items in this checklist, your paper will be really good!)
- 5). Paper I Example Paper #1 - Counterfactual Thinking (This is from a student from a prior semester. It is a good example, but do not copy it as the topic differs. Includes helpful notes from your instructor. It does have an "AI Appendix" example)
- 6). Paper I Example Paper #2 - Facebook Apologies (This is also from a student from a prior semester)
- 6). Articles to Use for Paper I: For your first paper, you MUST cite to three of the following articles. You can cite four of them if you like, but you must find a fifth article to cite using PsycInfo ON YOUR OWN. These are listed in no particular order, but make sure to read the abstracts to see how well they will fit in with your own paper. Some might be more relevant to your study than others.
- AI as Therapist (Chan).pdf
- AI Credibility and Consumer-AI Experiences (Khan).pdf
- AI Therapy Source Credibility (Pareek).pdf
- E-mental Health (Apolinario-Hagen).pdf
- Human-Human vs Human-AI Therapy (Kuhail).pdf
- Paraprofessionals vs Therapists (Morrison).pdf
- Source Credibility - Pro v Amateur v TwitterBot (Spence).pdf
- Source Credibility, Chatbots, and Emojis (Beattie).pdf
Additional Supporting Material for Paper I
- 1). APA Formatting - APA Example Paper (This is an "official" APA training paper you can find online. It provides another good example of how to format your paper)
- 2). To find the surveys and Researcher Instructions (which contains the hypothesis), go to the Assignment #4 - Study One Materials.
- 3). Paper V - Example Paper #1 - Counterfactual Thinking (with AI) (This is well beyond Paper I, but if you want to see how your Paper I will eventually fit in with your final course paper, I encourage you to look at this Paper V example paper. Includes and AI Appendix Example)
- 4). Paper V - Example Paper #2 - Facebook Apologies
- 5). Paper One - Overview PowerPoint Presentation (A useful guide to what is expected in Paper One)
- Example Paper referred to in the Paper One Overview Presentation (Word Document)