Family Violence, Abuse, and Victimization
Family Violence, Abuse, and Victimization
The research may include many psychological and sociological facets related to your topic, as well as current controversies about the topic that are being currently researched. All topics must be approved by your instructor and papers must not be reused from previous courses. Your references must come from professional, peer-reviewed research in the area of psychology. Examples of acceptable references include the Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Perception, Vision Research, Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, and Chemical Senses, just to name a few. Your instructor will discuss the reference issue in more detail during class. Students will summarize the gathered research into a coherent and meaningful synthesis of information. The length your research paper must be 8-10 pages (not including a cover sheet, abstract page, and reference page.There should be a minimum of 8 references, but more is usually better. These pages should be double spaced between lines using a 12-point font (Times New Roman or Courier New).There should be a cover page, an abstract page, and a reference page. Your paper should be posted by the deadline in the designated area in Blackboard. Please review policy on plagiarism as these rules will apply to these assignments.Your instructor is available to address specific questions regarding this assignment. Late assignments will not be accepted unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor (no exceptions to this rule).
