Description
The Report
Write a researched, about one of the psychology topics listed below. Reports are very common in the field of psychology among others. Please keep in mind that you are composing this essay with a psychological perspective. This is an INFORMATIONAL report and should be in 3rd person.
Topics to choose from for this paper are listed below (choose 1):
The Stages of Grief
Emotional Intelligence
Phobias
Eating Disorders
To report on this information, you will write in a general report format, with these sections and headings (and you can actually break your paper down into these headings if you wanted):
• APA formatted Title Page
• Introduction/Background – Grab the readers’ attention and offer an explanation of what topic you chose and why, who/what motivated you to choose this topic. In your intro, you could certainly use FIRST PERSON. This would also be a good time/place to give a brief history of the topic.
• The Body of the Report
o Questions/Points of Discussion – What questions will this report examine? What do you want to know about this topic? What is still unknown about this topic? Remember KWL (what you know, what you want to know and what you learned)! Make a list of questions (when brainstorming) about the topic (what you want to know) and then turn those questions into headings for your essay!
o Answers to these Questions (discussion of main points – headings can be used throughout)
• Conclusion – a discussion of what you learned in your study (recap what your study was about). Also explain how the information you provided about this topic could be beneficial (and to whom it would be beneficial to).
What did you learn about this topic?
What did you learn about the type of writing in this field?
What else did you learn from your research?
What are the unresolved issues about this topic (if any)?