The length of the text should be a minimum of three paragraphs and no more than one page. The main formatting resource to complete the assignment is your required APA book: American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association (do not list it in your references!)
Submit your paper as a Microsoft Word Document. Once submitted it will be checked by “Turn It In” for plagiarism. You will need to achieve a plagiarism score of less than 24%.
References need to be credible and not older than 5 years. You will need to have at least TWO references , one MUST be from a peer-reviewed journal, the other can be your textbook.
***HINTS***
- Remember this is not an opinion paper it is a research paper. Please site everything in your paper!
- Read through the Grading Rubric to see how your paper will be scored.
- Grading for APA formatting and plagiarism are huge with this paper.
- Your paper will be going through “Turn-it-in” to look for plagiarism (university program that searches for copied material). Hint….Use your own words (paraphrase), but not your own ideas or opinions! Keep it research only! Do not write in the first person!