Reflection paper/Reflection essay
Work type: Reflection paper/Reflection essay
Format: APA
Pages: 2 pages ( 550 words, Double spaced
Charts: 1
Academic level: Master’s
Subject or discipline: Psychology
Title: Prepare and Submit a Topic for Research Review
Number of sources: 3
Paper instructions:
Week 1 – 6105-1 Assignment: Prepare and Submit a Topic for Research Review
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Instructions
Warm-up Activity 1.1
Browse previous readings to find topics that have been of great interest to you during your course of studies. (My Research topic has been: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children).
Warm-up Activity 1.2
Browse the website of the American Psychological Association (APA). On the horizontal navigational bar at the top of the page, click on Psychology Topics. This will lead you to a page with “tags” or topics that are of interest to psychologists today. Clicking on one of these tags will take you to a page dedicated to that topic. There you will find articles, books, and other resources, both print and electronic, which will help you brainstorm your topic.
Warm-up Activity 1.3
Enter key words in a search engine which clusters results, such as Yippy. This search engine groups findings under topics and places the key word in relation to other concepts. This can also help you to get an overview of the field related to your original topic.
Warm-up Activity 1.4
Read Writing a Psychology Literature Review from the University of Washington Writing Center. Pay special attention to the beginning section on how to choose a topic. (Note: Disregard information on APA form and style in this article.)
Warm-up Activity 1.5
Gather your ideas into a visual mind map, as described in Learn How to Draw Mindmaps – MindTools. You might start developing your mind map offline with paper and pencil. When you are ready to copy it electronically you have a few choices. You can:
Use a mindmapping software package like (MindGenuis) referred to in the article or (MindJet’s MindManager);
Use a mindmapping tool that has shareware application and is available for free (http://www.mind42.com) or has limited free subscription like (MindMeister);
Build your mind map in Word.
If you are using a mindmapping software, export and save the mindmap in a format that easily viewable by others who do not have access to that software. User friendly file formats include: jpg, png, pdf, rtf or doc.
Assignment
In this assignment, submit the topic for your research review and reflect on how you made use of the resources listed above and in what way they were helpful. (My Research Topic: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Children)
You will also submit a mind map showing the topic you brainstormed and the key ideas related to it. Submit the mind map and the reflective paper to your course classroom as one document.
Your faculty will give you feedback concerning the appropriateness of the topic you have chosen. Remember that the topic must be one that relates to an issue in psychology that is related to the welfare of the human being (examples of broad topics include bullying, television violence, prison reform, depression in the workplace, divorce in military families, adherence to medical regimens).
It also needs to be a topic for which solutions have been proposed and researched in the literature because you will eventually evaluate the evidence-based programs related to your topic.
Length: a 1-page reflection paper, and a 1-page mind map.
Your mind map and paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.
