My Topic Area: Psychological Disorders & Trauma, Social & Personality Psychology My Media: Novel - The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden This semester you will write an Applied Final Project titled, Application of Psychology Paper. The final paper will be due during Week 7. The paper provides you an opportunity to apply psychological theory and research in the exploration of the book or film you submitted for approval during Week 2. (Recall, submission was made via the Application of Psychology Topic forum). This week, your goal is to briefly outline the major sections of the Application of Psychology Paper, providing references at the end of your outline in APA Format. Two of the references used must be from scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Your outline should be 2-4 pages and be descriptive enough that I can get a sense of what the content of your paper will include. This is imperative so I can give you good feedback on your outline to enhance your final paper. Please look at the outline tips document created especially for this assignment as well as this sample outline and sample paper from a previous student. The outline tips document is important. It connects you with tips, guidelines, and resources to build the outline. Please note that the student sample outline uses complete sentences. This is not required for a good outline, but the level of detail in the content is what is required. The sample outline is a product from a student who did well and was willing to share his outline as an example for future classes. Please, do not duplicate the movie, disorder, or content of this example outline in any way. Supporting Resources:The UMGC Citing and Writing Guide, is great for help with APA Style in-text citations and references. You can also take advantage of the UMGC Effective Writing Center to gain early feedback and assistance with APA compliance. WRITING CENTER Grading
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Rubric Name: Rubric for Application of Psychology Paper Outline
| Criteria | Exceptional 16 points | Exceeds Expectations 14.08 points | Meets Expectations 12 points | Meets Some Expectations 9.92 points | Meets Minimal Expectations 8 points | Incomplete 2.72 points | Not Done 0 points | Criterion Score |
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Organization | Expertly follows the organizational guidelines for this assignment, including clearly delineated sections of the paper: Introduction, section briefly outlining media/movie summary, section outlining research behind psychological concepts, section applying research on psychological concepts to media/movie chosen, and conclusion. Requires minimal to no revisions. | Follows the organizational guidelines for this assignment, including clearly delineated sections of the paper: Introduction, section briefly outlining media/movie summary, section outlining research behind psychological concepts, section applying research on psychological concepts to media/movie chosen, and conclusion. | Mostly follows the prescribed outline format, including meeting at least 3 of the 5 required sections or minimally meeting the requirements for all 5 sections. | Sections of outline not well delineated OR only two sections are well articulated. Partially follows the prescribed format. | Sections of outline not well delineated, though one section is well articulated. | Minimally follows the prescribed format. | No sections of the outline are well delineated and completely disregards the prescribed format. | Score of Organization, / 16 |
Content | Expertly details each of the required sections of the outline to articulate the major points to be covered in the paper. The reader has a clear understanding of the purpose, media/movie description, psychological concepts covered, how the author will apply the psychological concepts to the media/movie, and conclusions. Requires minimal no revisions. | Provides sufficient detail in each of the required sections of the outline to articulate the major points to be covered in the paper. The reader has a clear understanding of the purpose, media/movie description, psychological concepts covered, how the author will apply the psychological concepts to the media/movie, and conclusions. | Provides mostly sufficient detail in each of the required sections of the outline to articulate the major points to be covered in the paper. The reader has a general understanding of the purpose, media/movie description, psychological concepts covered, how the author will apply the psychological concepts to the media/movie, and conclusions OR missing one section of the outline. | Provides some detail in each or most of the required sections of the outline, though material needs additional details and reorganization. | Provides minimal detail in each required section so the reader is unsure exactly what will be covered in the paper and/or how the psychological concepts will be applied OR missing two sections of the outline. | Outline insufficient to determine major topics of the paper and incomplete, though some sections provide minimal detail. | No detail provided at all so reader has no idea what topics would be covered in the paper. | Score of Content, / 16 |
Use of Research | Author expertly integrates scientific psychological research in the content of the outline. Author demonstrates clear understanding of the media/movie as well as the psychological concepts covered. Requires minimal to no revisions. | Author integrates scientific psychological research in the content of the outline. Author demonstrates clear understanding of the media/movie as well as the psychological concepts covered. | Author demonstrates some integration of scientific psychological research into the content of the outline. Author demonstrates general understanding of the media/movie as well as the psychological concepts covered. | Author demonstrates some integration of scientific psychological research into the content of the outline, though additional work is needed to demonstrate clear understanding of the application of research to the media/movie selected. | Author minimally integrates scientific psychological research in the content of the outline. Author demonstrates minimal understanding of the media/movie as well as the psychological concepts covered. | Author does not use scientific psychological research in the content of the outline, but does demonstrate some understanding of the psychological concepts covered. | Author does not demonstrate an awareness of the scientific literature or how to apply the literature to this paper. | Score of Use of Research, / 16 |
References | Author provides two or more scholarly peer-reviewed references to support the research objectives of this paper. The references provided were expertly selected for the purposes of this paper and demonstrate a through understanding of the topic. Author cites chosen media. | Author provides at least two scholarly peer-reviewed references to support the research objectives of this paper and the references provided are appropriate to the topic. Author cites chosen media. | Author provides at least two scholarly peer-reviewed references to support the research objectives of this paper with at least one reference provided being appropriate to the topic. Author cites chosen media. | Author provides only one scholarly peer-reviewed reference to support the research objectives of this paper OR the references provided are inappropriate to the topic. Author cites chosen media. | Author provides two academic references, but they are not peer reviewed (e.g., text books or other academic works other than peer reviewed journal articles). Author does not cite chosen media. | Author provides references that are not appropriate to the topic or the paper requirements (e.g., websites, wikipedia, etc. are inappropriate for the two peer reviewed required references). Author does not cite chosen media. | No references are provided at all. | Score of References, / 16 |
Formatting and APA Style | Outline is expertly structured. All references are cited in APA format at the end of the outline in a separate references section, with minimal to no errors in APA format style. | Outline is structured as a sectioned document. All references are cited in APA format at the end of the outline in a separate references section, though minor errors observed. | Outline is mostly formatted appropriately, though may not use sections correctly (e.g., use of complete sentences or paragraphs) OR some errors in APA format for references. | Outline is mostly formatted appropriately, though may not use sections correctly (e.g., use of complete sentences or paragraphs) and has some errors in APA format for references. |