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This Assignment should be written adhering to the guidelines of Standard American English. This means that your thoughts should be well-organized, logical, and unified as well as original with the viewpoint and purpose clearly established and sustained. Standard American English guidelines also include the use of correct grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. All writing should be in in APA Formatting and Citation style.

See this video from the Writing Center to help you meet APA guidelines: http://www.screencast.com/t/SzdTts7wl9d

Perspectives and Theories in Psychology

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PS124 - Unit 5 Assignment

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After watching the videos, select one video and complete the following template using complete sentences and paragraphs. Your Assignment should be 2-4 pages, not including the Cover and Reference pages. Begin your writing with an introductory paragraph letting your reader know what main points you will be covering and providing a thesis statement (your main argument). Conclude it with summary paragraph restating your thesis and summarizing your main points.

1. Identify the study (video) you selected.

· The Bystander Effect

· The Milgram Experiment

· Learned Helplessness

· The Standford Prison Experiment

2. Summarize the results of this study and what implications it has with regards to human behavior and mental processes that you’ve learned about in Units 4-5.

3. Discuss what is meant by the term states of consciousness and apply it to your research study, considering whether it impacted the behavior or mental processes of the subjects involved.

4. Consider whether or not you think this research could explain the development of psychological disorders? Explain your reasoning using reference to the study and the disorder(s).

5. Theories lead to hypotheses, which lead to research. Explain which theory you think may have been the influence for the research study that you chose. (For example: psychodynamic, humanistic, social cognitive, behaviorism, or trait theory) Explain your reasoning using reference to the study and the theory.

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References

Doe, J. (2013). This is a sample APA book citation. (2nd ed., Vol. 12, pp. 59–99). New York, NY: Kaplan.

Doe, J. (2013). This is a sample APA journal article. Sample APA Journal Articles Weekly, 52(1), 34–76.

Author, A. A. [Screen name]. (year, month day). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from http://xxxxx

Note: The following are two examples of citing videos in APA format:

Example:

Doe, J. [digitalscreen]. (2015, March 23). How to cite videos APA style [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.schooltube.com/watch?v=8kjkj89809

If the user’s real name is not available, include just the screen name and eliminate the brackets:

Screen name. (year, month day). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from http://xxxxx

Example:

Digitalscreen. (2015, March 23). How to cite videos APA style [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.schooltube.com/watch?v=8kjkj89809