What is a mental illness that is interesting to you?

 

SolutionsPro this is week 5 Psychology DB assignment. Thank you.

Part I:

Required Discussion Board assignment.

Although there is still a prevalent stigma around mental illness, in recent years, not only professionals but society has come to view mental illness as a brain dysfunction. Based on the readings that you have done, answer the following:

• What is a mental illness that is interesting to you?
• Discuss what you think are the best approaches to treatment for the mental illness that you have selected.
• Do you feel that modern-day society has appropriate treatments for people who are mentally ill? Why or why not?

Post your answers to the Discussion Board. Review the posting of at least two students to learn about another theory and disorder. Ask the studentsfor any clarifications necessary.

 

Be sure to document your references using APA format.

In your own words, please post a response to the Discussion Board and comment on other postings. You will be graded on the quality of your postings.

 

Part II coming later next week.

 

Part III (Not due until Sunday, March 16, 2014):

Unit 5 Individual Project

You have been hired as a consultant by an advertising firm that is developing a series of commercials family-oriented theme park. The commercials will target family members at various life stages.   You have decided that understanding Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development will help you with this assignment.

• You will start by describing each stage of Erikson’s theory.
• Include in your description an analysis of a character that best represents each stage of life. The character can be from television show, a movie, or a literary character from a book.  You can also use a person that you know in your life such as a friend or relative.
• In each case be sure to explain how each character represents the stage, and how the character resolves conflict.

 

Your assessment will be used by the advertising firm to help in developing commercials targeting various developmental stages.

Your deliverable to the advertising firm will be a 2-3 page report with your research results.  You will submit one Word document with the following information:

• Description of Erickson’s theory – A description of each stage of development using the description in above list. Remember to include a description of a character that represents each stage of development.

Please use the following guidelines for formatting your assignment.

• Margins – set to one inch
• Font – 12pt. Times New Roman, no bold, or underline
• Title – center above the paper, 12 pt. font (Level A Heading), no bold, underline, or italics
• Pagination – every page; consists of a header containing a short title for the paper and page number placed in the upper right corner of the page
• Line Spacing – double space all work including the References Page.
• Point-of-View – third person, objective; limit perspective to research; no personal opinion or narrative
• In-text citations – must conform to APA requirements
• References list

•  – must conform to APA requirements

Be sure to document your references using APA format

 

 

 

Running head: SHORTENED TITLE 1

SHORTENED TITLE 6

 

Paper Title

 

Author

 

Name of the University

 

Abstract

 

The abstract is written in block format, meaning that the start of the paragraph is not indented. It begins on the next line following the Abstract heading and should not be more than 250 words. As an undergraduate, it is suggested that you verify the length of the abstract with your instructor (it is usually a FULL paragraph), but a graduate student must adhere to the 120 to 250 word abstract. The Abstract heading should NOT be in bold. All numbers in an abstract should be typed as digits and not as words unless they are at the beginning of a sentence. The abstract is a one-paragraph summary of the most important elements of the paper. This is an example of what an abstract looks like in a paper. Remember, it takes a minimum of 5 sentences to make a paragraph.

 

Title of Paper

 

The title of the paper is centered on the first line of the third page and is in uppercase and lowercase letters. Do not italicize the title, bold it, or put it in quotes. The introductory paragraph begins on the line following the title of the paper. The entire paper, including the title page, abstract, body, and references, should be double-spaced. The before/after spacing should be set on zero and the margins should be one inch.

 

In order to give proper credit to the ideas and words of others, any outside sources used in the body of the paper must be documented by citing the author(s) and copyright date of the source(s). This is called a citation. Each citation must have a corresponding full source reference on the references page that follows the body of the paper. As noted by Stevens (2008), a signal phrase “signals to the reader that either a direct quote or a paraphrase is about to follow” (p.43). This is an in-text citation. As in this example, when the name of the author is part of the sentence, the year of the publication appears in parentheses directly following the author’s name, e.g., Stevens (2008). When the author of a source is not mentioned in the sentence, both the author and year of publication appear in parentheses (Stevens, 2008). This is a parenthetical citation. If a work has two authors, both authors are cited in each citation to that source. For a citation of a source with two authors, use the last names of both authors separated by an ampersand (&). When no author is listed, use the title. If the title is extremely long, one may shorten it to the first 4 words of the title and place them in quotation marks. If the headings are too long to use in your in-text citation use a shortened version in quotation marks like this: (Lorraine, 2009, “Stock market trends,” para. 56). When there isn’t any publication date is listed, use the abbreviation n.d., which stands for no date. When a direct quote is taken from a source with page numbers, such as a book, magazine, or newspaper, include the page number as part of the citation. If the quote is fewer than 40 words, it should be enclosed in double quotation marks and should be incorporated into the formal structure of the sentence.

 

If the quotation that you are using is more than 40 words long, you must use a block quotation. This is a block paragraph. In a block paragraph, you should not use any quotations at all unless they are needed to indicate a quotation within the original text. (“APA Block Quotation,” n.d.) Note: Citations that start with titles are in quotes and the title can be shortened but should also be in quotes to designate that it is a title.

 

If you have a direct quote but your source does not have page numbers but does give paragraph numbers then you would give the paragraph number to show where you found your quote. It would look like this: (Franklin, 2009, para. 9). If there are not any page numbers or paragraph numbers but headings are given, then give the heading and the number of the paragraph that follows it. You will need to count the paragraphs yourself since the numbers are not given. The would look like this: (Franklin, 2009, Past Research section, para. 9).

 

The references section begins on a new page. The heading is centered on the first line of the new page. It is not in bold, not in italics, nor underlined. The references, which are double spaced, have a hanging indent and begin on the line following the references heading. Entries are organized alphabetically by whatever comes first in the reference (author last name or first word of title). Go to the next page to see an example of a reference page.

 

References

 

APA block quotation. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter /wc_web/school/apa_block_quotation.htm

 

Cuddy, M. F., & Fisher, E. R. (2010). Investigation of the roles of gas-phase CF2 molecules and F atoms during fluorocarbon plasma processing of Si and ZrO2 substrates. Journal Of Applied Physics, 108(3), 033303. doi:10.1063/1.3467776

 

If there isn’t any doi, according to AIU, you are to take the URL to the home page and say Retrieved from. Here is a hint: When you are in the school library; click on the hyperlink that is the Source. The URL to the publisher is there and one does not have to search the web.

 

Stevens, J.R. (2008). The signal phrase. Retrieved from http://www.englishdiscourse.org/

 

signal.html

 

Let me help you with setting up your homework in a paper format. You need to have the correct APA font…Times New Roman 12 point. You need the correct margins…1 Inch. You need the correct before/after spacing (both set on zero) and line spacing (double spaced). These 5 things have an effect on the deliverable size. The before/after spacing does not have an effect if the assignment states that only a certain amount of words are required; but does have an effect if the assignment calls for a certain amount of pages. Let me tell you how to check this and set it up. Look at the top of the page and you will see your font and size of font. Look in the titles at the bottom of the ribbon. Click on the font (you will see the word font and then go to the right and click on the small box). I box will open up. Make sure that font says times new roman, font style says regular and the size is 12 point. Then in MS 2003 and 2007 just click on default. If you have 2010, click on set as default and then the second bubble that will carry this over to all your papers. Now you have the font and the size of the font. Click on page layout. Now click on margins. Make sure it says 1 inch all the way around. You are still in page layout and now click on the small box to the right of the word Paragraph. Make sure it is set with the following: Alignment Left Outline level Body text Indentation left and right should both be zero .Special should be none Under spacing you will see before and after, and line spacing. Your before/after should both be set on zero. The line spacing should be double. Now, you are set up to write your paper. Smile.

 

Let me help you with making a running head.  I am going to teach you how to do this.  I am going to take you through this step by “baby step” smile. 1)   Open up your MS word.  2)   Put your cursor in the heading and left quick twice REALLY FAST.  Keep trying if you do not get it to open, smile.  This is the easy way to open it up. 3)   Make sure that the header is in Times New Roman 12 point. 4)   Look at the top, It now has a new section called Header and Footer Tools and the word Design below it. 5)   To the left of the name Design, look at the section that says  “Different First Page”.  Make SURE that it does NOT have a check mark. 6)   Now look to the left and you will see an icon that says “Page Number”.  Click on the down arrow and choose “Top of Page” and then choose “Plain Number 3”. 7)   The number 1 will show up on the right side of your paper.  Your curser will be to the left of the number. 8)   Type the shortened Running head.  That means if the title of the paper is The Joy of Theory, type that.  Only 50 spaces can be used in the running head so if your title is long, use the first 3 or 4 words.  These words are all in caps.  It would look like this: THE JOY OF THEORY  9)   When you have finished typing you will notice that the words are on the left and the number is on the right of the curser.  Good.  Now, hold down your space bar and it will move the words to the left and the number will stay on the right.  If you go too far, it will be on two lines.  Do not worry.  All you did was to put spaces in there so just hit your backspace until it is back on one line.  10)   Even though it has your title and the page number 1, this is really page 2 to the end of the paper.  What you do next will turn it into page 2.  Now, don’t freak out.  It will disappear but it is only putting it on your second page.  11) Look up again at the section that says “Different First Page”.  Put a check mark in there (click it) and the whole thing will disappear.  12) Now you are still on the title page and all you do on this page is type.  Put the words Running head: and then the shortened title you put on page two.  Type it in.  Remember, all in caps. Then hit the tab (once or twice to move the cursor over to the right and type the number one.  13) To get out, look to the right at the red box that says Close Header and Footer.  Click on it.  You are now ready to go.