Research Paper Outline Instructions
The Research Paper Outline will enable to you to continue to build toward the Research Paper. This assignment will also allow your instructor to give feedback to make sure you are on the right track. You are encouraged to view the Research Paper Instructions before beginning the Research Paper Outline assignment.
The Research Paper Outline must include a title page, abstract page, outline, and reference page. The outline itself must include 3–5 sentences under each heading. There must be no more than 5 sentences under each heading as this is an outline and not a rough draft of your paper. You must follow the outline listed on the next page in current APA format.
The reference page must include 6 scholarly references that were published within the last 7 years. After this assignment, you will have 6 of the 10 scholarly references needed for your Research Paper.
As you work through the outline below, you have some freedom to add in your own ideas related to personality; however, be sure to use 3rd person writing. For example, you may believe that personality is stable through the lifespan, so under the development of personality heading, you would note that personality is stable over time. However, you must be able to back this up with scholarly research. As you are working, you may find that research does not support your position. So, you may need to change your position. The bottom line is that scholarly, peer-reviewed research needs to support whatever position you take on each of the items listed.
It is important for this assignment to be in current APA format. Paraphrasing is required for this assignment. In-text citations are imperative. Make sure to use proper headings.
This assignment must be submitted as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) file. Assignments that are not submitted as a Microsoft Word file will not be accepted.
Research Paper Instructions
The Research Paper will discuss 6 major ideas that make up the basics of personality theory as well as include a section on biblical integration. You must follow the outline given in Module/Week 5 to structure your paper; it is important that you do not stray from the outline.
It is imperative that your Research Paper include scholarly research and not your opinion. Your paper is a presentation of research regarding each of the required headings. Your paper must use 3rd person writing instead of 1st person (I, my, we) or second person (you) language. The Research Paper must include 8–10 pages of text (not including the title, abstract, or reference pages).
The Research Paper requires the use of at least 10 scholarly references (books and journal articles). At least 6 of these references must be scholarly journal articles. Do not use dictionaries, encyclopedias, websites, book reviews, or your textbook as references in your paper. You must use the Bible, but it does not count toward the 10 scholarly references.
Be sure to follow current APA formatting per the current APA manual. You must include in-text citations as well as a reference page within your paper. Paraphrasing with citations is strongly preferred over direct quotes. If you do not include any in-text citations in this assignment, you will receive a zero.
You do not need to submit the PDFs used as references for this assignment; however, the Research Paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) document. Be sure to review the grading rubric before beginning your paper.
