Students will select an individual (from the readings or other approved sources) and write about their “eminent person” in the history of psychology. Your selection must be approved by the professor to ensure an appropriate representation of eminent persons for the presentations/discussions. Your task is to learn as much as possible about the person and his or her contribution to psychology. You also will learn about the major social and political events that occurred before and during your person’s life. Once you’ve become your person you will make a guest appearance (video recording) in the class (see eminent person presentation, below).
Sources for your paper should include at least three books or book chapters (you may use the course textbook as one resource), three to five journal articles written by your person, about your person, or your person’s contribution to psychology, and one dependable Internet source. The paper will be prepared using MS Word (or a compatible word processing program) according to APA style, will be 12 – 15 typewritten pages in length, and will be written in a third-person narrativeLinks to an external site. style. Each of the three parts of your paper should be approximately the same length (4-5 pages, excluding the title page and references). Ensure that all factual statements in the paper are properly referenced and cited. The references used in the creation of the research paper will be obtained using library research using resources available through the local library or by using the online databases discussed in class. Librarians can provide specific instruction in the effective and efficient use of the resources to individuals and groups. The eminent person’s paper will be completed and submitted for review before conducting the narrated video presentation.
The assignment will be completed in three (3) parts and follow the provided paper outline Download paper outline
Ivan Petrovitch Pavlov
Part one will be prepared as background on the eminent person and will be a succinct summary of your person’s life that identifies the prevailing intellectual and cultural climate of the era (4-5 pages in length and using a minimum of 3 resources),
In part two, you will discuss your eminent person’s contribution(s) to psychology (4-5 pages in length and using a minimum of 3 resources), and finally,
Part three will contain the historical development, legacy, the status of your person’s contribution, and a concluding paragraph/summary of your work (4-5 pages in length and using a minimum of 3 resources).