groupthink and health

RESEARCH PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
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2. Remember your final paper is on either Modules 1, 2, or 3 or on the Chapter that focuses on groupthink.You must select a contempory subject matter and social psychological perspective.
3. Then, you may use and how your original theory helps you to describe a recent or social psychological phenomenon or event.
4. The paper is to be a summary and evaluation of the topic.
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 Your analysis in the paper will include a critical review of the topic and include a synthesis of knowledge and relevant concepts from the course to support research or viewpoints (only use peer-reviewed journals and articles).

Thinking Like a Social Psychologist
Start to think about a topic and key points to discuss.
Use the questions below to help stimulate your thoughts. Your questions may be slightly different for your paper.
Why did I choose this topic?
What major themes does the textbook introduce on this topic, and how effective are they in explaining social psychology?
How does this topic on group think influence or disadvantage what we think about social psychology today?
When thinking like a social psychologist how will my theoretical perspective or ideas explain my researched phenomena or event?

It helps to outline your paper before you actually write to organize your thoughts.

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RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT
Please write and save your report as a WORD document then submit it by the due date. Do Not submit a GOGGLE.doc to CANVAS. It can not be accepted. The formatting of your research report should look like this:
Cover Page
Abstract or Introduction
Body of Paper (5 pages)
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 Use in-text citations
 Properly indent long direct quotes
 Remember the Ds (data, direct quotes, details, data, or documents from other sources) must have a citation
References page (cite the book and at least 3 additional references in APA style 7th Ed.)

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