Theories and Problems in Your Branch of Psychology Successful completion of a doctoral dissertation requires significant amounts of independent reading on the research topic. Understanding how your r

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Theories and Problems in Your Branch of Psychology

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Grand Canyon University: PSY-803

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Theories and Problems in Your Branch of Psychology

This is the sentence that will capture the reader’s attention and make the point that it is important to read this paper. Provide an introduction that introduces the main ideas, or provides context for the content that will be addressed in the paper. Be careful to include in-text citations where appropriate when establishing the context for your paper. Do not introduce articles. Conclude the introduction with your thesis statement, which should touch on each themes and how they relate to the overarching topic of the paper.

Emphasis Area and Dissertation Topic

Include a couple of sentences that identify emphasis area in psychology. Continue by identifying the current dissertation topic as it stands. If the population has been identified, include that information here also.

Need for this Research

If a gap has been identified, include the statement here. With or without a formal statement of the need for research, provide an explanation of why this research needs to be conducted. Include academic support as necessary. Include transition statement to the next section.

Main Theorists or Researchers

The flow and organization of content within your paper is important, as such please organize paragraphs using overarching topic sentences that generally preview the content within a given paragraph. Discuss who you perceive to be significant theorists or researchers of the research topic. Avoid writing in the first- and second-person (i.e., no I, me, my, you, your, we, us, our).

Theoretical Framework

The flow of your paper is important, as such please organize paragraphs using overarching topic sentences that generally preview the content within a given paragraph. Discuss at least one theoretical framework being considered for the research. How does it relate to the need for the research topic?

Academic Journal

The flow of your paper is important, as such please organize paragraphs using overarching topic sentences that generally preview the content within a given paragraph. Identify at least one academic journal that specializes in research related to the research topic. How will the journal benefit the research?

Conclusions

Provide conclusion(s) that can be drawn when the articles are taken together as a single entity. Summarize key take-aways from each of the three researchers, using APA style in-text citations. Finally, discuss the conclusions you have drawn when considering all articles and researchers together as a single unit.

References

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

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