Goals: The goal of this assignment is to research an interesting topic in psychology and to develop a creative way of researching that topic.

Goals: The goal of this assignment is to research an interesting topic in psychology and to develop a creative way of researching that topic.

Assignment Overview: 

• Think of a topic that interests you in psychology (it can be ANY topic in ANY discipline of psychology)
• Research the existing literature on the topic
• Develop a research plan for investigating a novel question on the topic
• Develop hypotheses about the results you expect to obtain if you were to implement your research proposal

The topic that I told my professor was cyberbullying, or buylling in general. 

Assignment Specifics:

• 2-3 pages long
  • 1-1 ½  page(s) of literature review; must cite at least TWO scholarly sources (with proper APA-style citations)
  • ½ page describing topic and its importance
  • ½ – 1 page of methodology (including specifics on sample, procedure, stimuli, measures)
  • ½ page of hypotheses (including description of independent and dependent variables)
• Follow APA formatting and style throughout (will be weighted heavily)

How to Choose a Topic:

• Your topic can be from ANY area of psychology (choose something that interests you)
• Your topic can be a direct response to a criticism you provided in your article review
• It can be an attempt to modernize a topic from one of the chapters in the Forty Studies book
• It can be a topic that you’ve learned about in one of your other psychology classes

Grading and evaluation: This assignment is worth 10% of your grade in this course. Your grade will be based on the following:

• Appropriateness of the topic (from ANY discipline of psychology)
• Quality of the literature review
• Appropriateness of the research plan
• Thoroughness of research plan description
• Sensibility of hypothesis(es); description of IV and DV
• APA formatting/citations
• Timeliness of your submission (you will lose 1% of the maximum 10% for every 24-hour period that the assignment is submitted late; papers will not be accepted beyond a week past the due date.