Project Guidelines:  PSY 241 (F2F) CASE STUDY *

I.  Select an Appropriate Topic   (10 Points)            
     A.  Choose a person: living, dead or fictional
     B.  Describe that individual and his/her general stage of development (i.e. adolescence, midlife, etc.)
     C.  Apply three (or more) different Developmental Psychology theories (10points) 

II.  Title page  (10 Points)
        A. Title of project
        B.  Date
        C.  Student’s Name
        D.  Course Number
        E.  Abstract (1-paragraph summary )

III.  Paper, Body, Text (50 Points. See Wolfweb for sample!)
        A. MINIMUM of five FULL  pages
        B.  Double-Spaced
        C.  12 point font (NO bold)
        D.  Document sources used with APA Style text notes (10 Points. See Wolfweb for examples)
        E.  Spell check, grammar check, proofread

IV.  Bibliography  (10 Points. Use APA Style)
      A. MINIMUM 5 references
           1.  May use encyclopedia
                 a. Use specialized encyclopedias only (i.e. psychiatry, psychology, etc)
                 b. Avoid World Book, Britannica, Wikipedia, etc.
           2.   May use psychology textbooks
                 a. One current intro psych text
                 b. One additional specialized text (Abnormal Psy, Developmental Psy, etc)
           3.   Prefer at least 2 –3 of the following
                 a. Magazine/journal/newspaper articles
                 b.  Interviews
                 c.  Internet sources, ie. nclive.org (all references may come from this category)
      B. List sources in alphabetical order by author’s last name
      C. Include complete primary and secondary bibliographic information (See Wolfweb for examples)

SPECIAL NOTES:  Late Projects

·         Late projects will be subject to a 10-point per day penalty

·         Late projects must be HAND DELIVERED to Mr. Wolf in his office by the student.

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  *See Appendix C (Berger, 2005):  Suggestions for Research Assignments