09 Jul A biography of a psychologist

Writing Guidelines

1. Select a psychologist whose theories you find interesting. Some examples include: Pavlov, Watson, Skinner, Bandura, Piaget, Kohlberg, Kinsey, Masters, Johnson, Gottman, Sternberg, and Lee. A great place to research psychologists is using our textbook and/or google search
2. Read about the psychologist and his/her theories using the textbook, internet websites, and or books in the library.
3. In one or more pages (you may write more than one pageyour choice) discuss the background of the psychologist and their theory. Total assignment is two pages including the bibliography.

• Paragraph One Background Information: discuss background information including: education, country of origin, birth date (and date of death if applicable), marital status and marital information, family background information, and any other interesting information about their life such as winning a Nobel Prize.
• Paragraph Two Theory: discuss their theory. Choose a stage, level, or aspect of it that interests you and write about it. For example: if discussing Skinner be sure to explain a part of his theory such as shaping, or positive and negative reinforcement. Since this is a short assignment you do not have to cover the entire theory. 
• Paragraph Three Application/Critique: discuss the importance of this theory in the field of psychology, and how this theory is applied today. If the theory is controversial, then discuss the controversies regarding the theory and arguments for and against it. For example: Kholbergs theory is considered controversial because he had only male participants in his study which makes it challenging to apply some of his conclusions to females.
• Page Two Bibliography/Works Cited: cite any sources used in your paper using APA format.

Additional Important Information:

• Must have one full page (you may write more if desired).
• Word Doc Only. No attachments please.
• 1 inch margins (right, left, upper, lower).
• Cover page is not needed. Please do not add name to the page where the assignment is written since it will take up space and will not meet the full one page requirement. Canvas alerts me to the name of the student who submitted the assignment.
• Standard English grammar, punctuation, and appropriate capitalization.
• Font: Times New Roman; 12 point.
• Double spaced (even between paragraphs).
• If using direct quotes or summarization of anothers thoughts you must cite within the paper.
• You do not need to use APA format with the essay section of the assignment since my guidelines are the aspects of APA format that you need to use.
• Bibliography/Works Cited on second page using APA format. This is the only part of the assignment that needs to be in APA format. Google is a great place to search how to cite sources using APA format.