you should have collected most of your resources and develop how you want to address the four topic areas of 1) far past, 2) recent past, 3) present and 4) future of your topic. Make sure you have at least 13 references that are scholarly in nature.
Please read the assignment carefully.
The Historical Analysis Paper
a. One of the student learning outcomes for this course is for you to demonstrate “knowledge of the historical foundations of psychology and their influence on contemporary psychological thought.”
You will demonstrate this outcome by writing a four-part historical analysis paper that will examine the far past, the recent past, the present, and the future of a specific topic (i.e., a concept, method, or area) in psychology in which you have an academic or occupational interest. Your paper will identify and explain the factors (e.g., events, people, and theories) that have influenced, are influencing, and will continue to influence this topic and will clearly demonstrate the connections between these factors and these historical stages.
(1) The far past of your topic refers to its philosophical, theological, and scientific antecedents that occurred prior to Wilhelm Wundt’s founding of scientific psychology in 1879. You should begin this section with the ideas of the ancient Greek philosophers (e.g., Plato and Aristotle).
(2) The recent past of your topic refers to the people, theories, and events that have influenced it during scientific psychology’s first century of existence (1879-1999).
(3) The present of your topic refers to the people, theories, and events that have influenced it during its last 20 years of existence (2000-2020).
(4) The future of your topic refers to an informed speculation of how this area or topic will continue to influence psychology during the next 20 years (2021-2040).
b. Examples of acceptable topics are psychotherapy, intelligence testing, localization of brain function, memory, the self, moral reasoning, psychological disorders, consciousness, the unconscious, archetypes, sensation/perception, normality, motivation, the mind/body relationship, instincts, the nature/nurture controversy, personality traits, reinforcement, emotion, creativity, clinical psychology, social psychology, statistics, organizational psychology, and developmental psychology.
c. The final draft of this paper must be an original copy at least ten pages in length and containing no fewer than 13 references (in-text and references page). Two references (in-text and reference page) must be from the textbooks of your former psychology classes, and one reference (in-text and reference page) must be from the textbook in this class.
d. Prior to the submission of the final paper, you will submit the following preliminary stages.
Deadlines for the stages appear in the class schedule.
f. This paper must be written in APA style.
g. This paper is worth a maximum of 150 points and will be graded using content, organization, style, and precision (i.e., correctness of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation), and organization of notebook as evaluation criteria. Participation in earlier interim submissions is also required, and failure to submit will result in deductions on final paper grade.
PSYC 442 – Historical Analysis Paper – Final Version Assignment – Grading Rubric:
You identified and discussed your specific topic of discussion.
Examples of acceptable topics are psychotherapy, intelligence testing, localization of brain function, memory, the self, moral reasoning, psychological disorders, consciousness, the unconscious, archetypes, sensation/perception, normality, motivation, the mind/body relationship, instincts, the nature/nurture controversy, personality traits, reinforcement, emotion, creativity, clinical psychology, social psychology, statistics, organizational psychology, and developmental psychology. (Worth ____/10 points)
2. Your Final Historical Analysis Paper is a four-part historical analysis paper that examined the (1) far past, the (2) recent past, the(3) present, and the (4) future of a specific topic (i.e., a concept, method, or area) in psychology. (Worth ____/10 points)
3. Your Historical Analysis Paper included: The (1) far past of your topic refers to its philosophical, theological, and scientific antecedents that occurred prior to Wilhelm Wundt’s founding of scientific psychology in 1879. You should begin this section with the ideas of the ancient Greek philosophers (e.g., Plato and Aristotle). (Worth ____/20 points)
4. Your Historical Analysis Paper included: The (2) recent past of your topic refers to the people, theories, and events that have influenced it during scientific psychology’s first century of existence (1879-1999). (Worth ____/20 points)
5. Your Historical Analysis Paper included: The (3) present of your topic refers to the people, theories, and events that have influenced it during its last 20 years of existence (2000-2020). (Worth ____/20 points)
6.Your Historical Analysis Paper included: The (4) future of your topic refers to an informed speculation of how this area or topic will continue to influence psychology during the next 20 years (2023-2043). (Worth ____/20 points
7. Your Historical Analysis Paper included: Title Page, Abstract, and Reference Page (All APA Style Manual, correct and complete). Important: Do not include the Outline and Annotated Bibliography. (Worth ____/20 points)
8. Your Historical Analysis Paper included: A minimum of 13 references (Scholarly in nature; correct intext citations, and correct APA reference page). (Worth ____/20 points)
Turn It In Report (paper is correct and appropriate). (Worth ____/10 points)
