Final Project: Student-Authored Article Guidelines and Rubric
Final Project: Student-Authored Article Guidelines and Rubric
PSY 560 Final Project: Student-Authored Article Guidelines and Rubric
Overview Your Mission As a graduate student in a psychology program at this university, you have the opportunity to create scholarship for potential publication of your student- authored article in a scholarly journal such as the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin or Personality and Social Psychology Review. It is important to note that in the example journals, all student-authored papers that are accepted for publication in these journals are automatically eligible to receive a student publication award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Take the time to examine some quality sample publications from previous winners, which can be found here: Ma-Kellams, C., Spencer-Rodgers, J., & Peng, K. (2011). I am against us? Unpacking cultural differences in ingroup favoritism via dialecticism. Personality and
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Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 15–27. Shu, L. L., Gino, F., & Bazerman, M. H. (2011). Dishonest deed, clear conscience: When cheating leads to moral disengagement and motivated forgetting.
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 330–349. Babbitt, L. G., & Sommers, S. R. (2011) Framing matters: Contextual influences on interracial interaction outcomes. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37,
1233–1244. The final project for this course is the creation of a scholarly, student-authored article that is ready for potential submission to a real-world organization or publication that focuses on this subfield of psychology. For purposes of this course, we will focus on the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), an organization founded in 1974 when the leadership of the American Psychological Association decided to incorporate an independent organization to focus on this subfield. Remember, this is an article for potential publication in one of these journals. You are NOT required to submit your completed article to the publication as part of this project. However, you are strongly encouraged to continue to develop your article and conduct further research upon completion of this course as you move forward in your academic work for possible future submission. In this component, this assessment will measure student competency with respect to the following course outcomes:
Defend a position on the role personality psychology plays in the broader field of psychology and its relevancy to practical issues
Propose appropriate solutions to complex problems that draw upon contemporary principles and current research in personality psychology
Analyze foundational theories of personality for their historical context, theorist’s biases, research methods, and relevance to current thinking in the field
Evaluate the continued relevancy and accuracy of classic theories of psychology in the context of contemporary research findings
Assess personality psychology practices in terms of their appropriateness for diverse populations
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Prompt Put yourself in the shoes of a theorist and propose a solution to a real-world contemporary problem based on your understanding of the theorist and his or her theories. How do you break down this theory to inform your selection of the problem, how does it address not only the problem, but the solution, and how can you defend this solution? Click here to access a list of preapproved theorists and resources. Students wishing to select a theorist other than those listed must receive instructor approval. The American Psychological Association is a good starting point for helping you to identify the problem around which your theory and article focus.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: 1. Using the preapproved theorists and resources, select and analyze a foundational theory of personality for its historical context, theorist’s biases, and
research methods. Aspects you will address in this analysis would include the following: o Analyze the background of your theory. This means including key biographical information related to the theorist (not simply providing biographical
elements about the theorist) and the historical context in which the theory was developed. For example, were there important world events that may have influenced the theorist?
o Analyze the essential characteristics of the theory. This is a section in which you begin to incorporate relevant research that demonstrates the development of the theory. For example, was the theory a reaction against other forces in psychology of the time or an extension of the work of an earlier theorist?
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