The research question is What role does the season of the year play on individual’s mental health?
Create a cohesive essay that is built from the annotated outline and the research you did earlier in the semester. Take the information from your outline, round it out and complete your thoughts, and synthesize your ideas and research into one narrative.
1. It should address each of the following points:
a. Introduce the commonly held belief/topic that your group chose, and how you
developed your specific research question.
b. Explain why your claim/topic/question is interesting to you, and why it is important
to people generally – why is this something people talk about on the internet and in
other popular sources?
c. What are popular sources saying about your topic? Summarize the thoughts and
commentary from your 6 “popular” sources in an organized fashion.
i. When you paraphrase/summarize a source, you MUST CITE IT within the text using either APA citations (which you will learn in recitation), MLA, or some other method.
ii. DO NOT include any direct quotations from any sources. Paraphrase the information, blend it into your narrative, and CITE IT.
d. Based on your “popular” sources, what conclusion do you draw about your chosen belief? In other words, if you had no other sources to consult, what would you believe to be “true” or factual about your chosen belief? Were you able to answer your research question?
e. Now, compose a summary of the scientific research in your 3 scientific articles.
i. When you paraphrase/summarize a source, you MUST CITE IT within the text
using either APA citations (which you will learn in recitation), MLA, or some
other method.
ii. DO NOT include any direct quotations from any sources. Paraphrase the
information, blend it into your narrative, and CITE IT.
f. Based on your final 3 scientific sources, what conclusion do you draw about your
chosen belief? In other words, if you only consulted science, what would you believe to be “true” or factual about your chosen belief? Were you able to answer your research question?
g. How is your scientific conclusion similar to your “common sense” conclusion? How is it different from your “common sense” analysis?
h. Why do some people rely on popular sources? What are the pros and cons of using popular sources, based on your experience with this assignment?
i. Why do some people rely on scientific sources? What are the pros and cons of using scientific sources, based on your experience with this assignment?
j. What conclusion do you draw about answering questions using common sense vs. using science?
k. Include a Works Cited for your sources. Use MLA or APA for your 3 scientific sources. You may simply list your 6 popular sources. All sources cited in your paper should appear in the Works Cited. The Works Cited does not count for your page total.
Create a cohesive essay that is built from the annotated outline and the research you did earlier in the semester. Take the information from your outline, round it out and complete your thoughts, and synthesize your ideas and research into one narrative.
1. It should address each of the following points:
a. Introduce the commonly held belief/topic that your group chose, and how you
developed your specific research question.
b. Explain why your claim/topic/question is interesting to you, and why it is important
to people generally – why is this something people talk about on the internet and in
other popular sources?
c. What are popular sources saying about your topic? Summarize the thoughts and
commentary from your 6 “popular” sources in an organized fashion.
i. When you paraphrase/summarize a source, you MUST CITE IT within the text using either APA citations (which you will learn in recitation), MLA, or some other method.
ii. DO NOT include any direct quotations from any sources. Paraphrase the information, blend it into your narrative, and CITE IT.
d. Based on your “popular” sources, what conclusion do you draw about your chosen belief? In other words, if you had no other sources to consult, what would you believe to be “true” or factual about your chosen belief? Were you able to answer your research question?
e. Now, compose a summary of the scientific research in your 3 scientific articles.
i. When you paraphrase/summarize a source, you MUST CITE IT within the text
using either APA citations (which you will learn in recitation), MLA, or some
other method.
ii. DO NOT include any direct quotations from any sources. Paraphrase the
information, blend it into your narrative, and CITE IT.
f. Based on your final 3 scientific sources, what conclusion do you draw about your
chosen belief? In other words, if you only consulted science, what would you believe to be “true” or factual about your chosen belief? Were you able to answer your research question?
g. How is your scientific conclusion similar to your “common sense” conclusion? How is it different from your “common sense” analysis?
h. Why do some people rely on popular sources? What are the pros and cons of using popular sources, based on your experience with this assignment?
i. Why do some people rely on scientific sources? What are the pros and cons of using scientific sources, based on your experience with this assignment?
j. What conclusion do you draw about answering questions using common sense vs. using science?
k. Include a Works Cited for your sources. Use MLA or APA for your 3 scientific sources. You may simply list your 6 popular sources. All sources cited in your paper should appear in the Works Cited. The Works Cited does not count for your page total.