TOPIC: biological, cognitive, social effect social medial on adolescent 1. Research Paper 75 points (See Grading Rubric Below) The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to m

Research Paper 75 points (See Grading Rubric Below)

The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to move from beyond basic mastery of developmental aspects of behavior to a more advanced integrative knowledge of the ways in which development is a constant interplay of affective, biological, cognitive, social, and other aspects of behaviors. For this paper you are asked to select a topic or issue in developmental psychology that you would like to learn more about. After reviewing a minimum of 12 peer-reviewed journal articles and/or scholarly books, you will write a paper that outlines your topic and explains its relevance to developmental psychology. In your review of the literature make sure that you address two or more aspects of behavior (affective, biological, cognitive, social, etc.) related to your developmental issue. You must also include a discussion of cultural considerations and how aspects of individual and cultural diversity may impact your topic. Your paper should be 10-12 pages long, not including Title Page and References. Below is a sample outline for your paper.

Abstract
Introduction
1. Provide a brief overview of your topic or issue.
2. Explain why you chose this topic and its relevance to human development.
Review and Integration of the Literature
Further Directions for Prevention, Treatment, and/or Research
References

Research Paper Rubric

	A (67-75 points)	B (60-66 points)	C (52-59 points)	D or below (< 52 points)
Integration of	The paper	Author for the	The author has	The paper does
Knowledge	demonstrates that	most part	a limited	not
	the author fully	understands the	understanding	demonstrate
	understands and has	concepts found	of the research.	that the author
	applied concepts	in research	Struggled to	has fully
	found in research.	materials and	apply or	understood the
	Research and	has applied the	integrate the	topic. The
	concepts are	concepts	concepts and	concepts were
	integrated in	studied. Some	topics studied.	not accurately
	author’s own words.	of the		applied or
	The writer provides	conclusions,		synthesized.
	concluding remarks	however, are
	that show insight,	not supported
	analysis, and	in the body of
	synthesis of ideas.	the paper.
Topic Focus	The topic is focused	The topic is	The topic is too	The topic is not
	narrowly enough for	focused but	broad for the	clearly defined.
	the scope of the	lacks direction.	scope of this
	assignment. A		assignment.
	thesis statement
	provides direction
	for the paper.
Depth of	In-depth discussion	In-depth	The writer has	Cursory
Discussion	and elaboration in	discussion and	omitted	discussion in
	all sections of the	elaboration in	pertinent	all sections of
	paper.	most sections	content or	the paper or
		of the paper.	content runs-on	brief
			excessively.	discussion in
			Quotations	only a few
			from others	sections.
			outweigh the
			writer’s own
			ideas
			excessively.
Cohesiveness	Ties together	For the most	Sometimes ties	Does not tie
	information from all	part, ties	together	together
	sources. Paper	together	information	information.
	flows from one	information	from all	Paper does not
	issue to the next	from all	sources. Paper	flow and seems
	without the need for	sources. Paper	does not flow.	to be created
	extra headings. Writing demonstrates an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from all sources.	flows with only some disjointedness. Writing demonstrates an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from all sources.	Writing does not demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from sources.	from disparate issues. Writing does not demonstrate understanding of any relationships among sources.
Spelling & Grammar	No spelling or grammar mistakes.	Minimal mistakes.	Several mistakes.	Unacceptable number of mistakes.
Sources	Twelve or more sources from peer- reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. Sources include both general background sources and specialized sources. Special interest sources and popular literature are acknowledged as such if they are used. All web sites utilized are authoritative.	Twelve sources from peer- reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. All websites used are authoritative.	Fewer than 12 sources from peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. Websites are credible but not authoritative.	Fewer than 12 sources. Sources are not scholarly, credible or current.
Citations	Cites all data obtained from other sources. APA citation style is used in both text and references.	Cites most data obtained from other sources. APA citation style is used.	Cites some data obtained from other sources. Citation style is either inconsistent or incorrect.	Does not cite sources.