Instruction
(1) Carefully/thoughtfully read the assigned textbook chapter or chapters and/or the other assigned readings attached.
(2) Decide what you personally believe the 1 most important thing/topic/insight in each of the week’s assigned chapters is, as in each case it relates to the positive and negative aspects of the development of modern psychology and its current applications in real-life in the culture of the United States of America, and other cultures of the world as applicable. (e.g. If a week has two assigned chapters, then you are to choose one major topic from each of those chapters to research and write about. If there are three assigned chapters, then 3 topics, one from each chapter.)
(3) List each of these important things/topics in your own word processing document at the top, and;
(4) In your own word processing document, thoroughly describe why/how each of your chosen things is important to understanding the development of modern psychology and its current applications in real-life in the culture of the United States of America, and one or more other cultures of the world.
(5) Whenever possible (which is probably true for every week), find and include Psychological Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) theories, observations, data, and/or opinions which illustrate, support, and/or oppose what you have written for each of your selected topics.
(6) In your writing, always be guided by the “Proper Paraphrasing” and “Avoiding Plagiarism” handouts (Files link in left menu, Course Handouts folder).
(7) In each paragraph of your Critical Thinking Discussion Writing Assignment (CTDWA), include proper APA citations in your writing and proper APA full references at the end of your writing for any included information that is not your own opinions, ideas, beliefs, observations, and/or experiences. This includes any information from our course textbooks/readings.
Your writing about your chosen topics/insights is to be a minimum of 600 words (a higher quality assignment will almost always require more words than this minimum).
(9) Include a word count at the bottom of your Critical Thinking Discussion Writing Assignment (CTDWA) (Please do not include the reference list in that word count.) Random checks of word counts will be made, especially if the instructor is uncertain of the word count. The student will receive a zero if the posted word count is incorrect. Most word processing programs have a tool that automatically tallies the word count. Be sure to use the most pertinent information from the peer reviewed article, if you choose to do this.