+1 862 207 3288 PSYCHOLOGY Paper Requirements
General Instructions
• You may NOT work with another student on writing your paper. Your work must be entirely
original.
• Review the instructions for writing papers in the APA Manual to make sure you are following APA
style. Paper should be typed, double spaced, and properly formatted.
• Submit the paper by going into Blackboard and clicking on AssignmentsàPapersàThere you
will upload your paper into Turnitin.
Contents—these sections must be included and properly formatted
1. Title page
2. Abstract
3. Introduction
a. Follow the funnel format
b. Describe the basic research question
c. Summary of one-two peer reviewed articles as they pertains to current problem one peer
reviewed article required for paper 1 and two required for paper 2
d. State the purpose of present study
e. State the prediction for present study
4. Method
a. Participants: number, gender, source, motivation for participating and any other relevant
information.
b. Materials: brief description of record sheet, survey, or other materials
c. Procedure: how participants were selected (e.g., haphazard sampling), step-by-step
breakdown of instructions given to participants, how data were collected etc…
5. Results
a. Refer to a figure and include a description of the figure in words b. Present descriptive and/or
inferential statistics
6. Discussion
a. Follows upside-down funnel format
b. Restate prediction
c. Description of findings in words not numbers
d. Interpretation of findings (was it what was predicted or not?)
e. Relate back to original research question and back to peer reviewed articles f. Suggestions for
future experiments or practical implications
7. References (on a separate page)
8. Figure (on separate page; either hand or computer drawn is fine).
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