This assignment provides an opportunity to apply psychological theory in the
exploration of a book or film. Choose a film or book of special interest.
The book or film should have content that can be meaningfully explored
through application of psychological theory and research. You may want to
look at some of the later sections in the course that deal with emotion,
motivation, personality, the development of the individual over the life
span, health and stress, and psychological disorders and treatment, so that
you have a more complete idea of different concepts that might apply.
This paragraph provides you with some example topics and guidelines to help
you consider how to approach this task. First, you could pick a movie or
book in which the main character suffers from a psychological disorder or is
merely trying to cope with the everyday stress of life. In doing so, you
could discuss defense mechanisms or refer to developmental stages in the
person’s life that might have been important, or consider the effects of
abuse, alcoholism and addiction, etc. Or you could approach the subject
matter from different perspectives-psychoanalytical, biological, behavioral,
cognitive, and/or sociocultural. Additionally, you could discuss the role
emotion, memory, or motivation plays in the character’s development, or the
importance of the environment, and influences such as racism and sexism. A
sample paper is provided as well to guide you in content, formatting,
organizing, and writing your paper. This is only a sample and you should not
use any content from this sample directly in your paper.
This is a research-based paper, and the film or book provides only the
backdrop for research on a psychological topic. You should use at least two
psychological, peer-reviewed references (textbook can be used but does not
count towards the peer-reviewed references required). The paper should be
1,200 to 1,500 words, about 5 double-spaced pages. The final paper portion
of the assignment is worth 65 points and will be graded according to the
attached rubric. This assignment will be reviewed by Turnitin and generate a
similarity report upon submission to LEO. A new similarity report will be
generated every time you upload the assignment until the due date. Please
use this similarity report to improve your paper as plagiarism will NOT be
tolerated. Please see my instructions on using Turnitin for additional
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