Individual Changes PaperTheme for the paper:If you knew you could not fail, what would you do to change/prevent a topic ofviolence or victimization(choose one of the topics in the text such as school violence, elder abuse, sexualviolence, etc.).Demonstrating evidenced-based writing in APA style format, you will be writing a coursepaper on how you would help others in individual changes. In lecture discussions during Week2 onVictimization Theory, students will gain further instructional specifics including a sample paper and APAStyle format samples to facilitate your paper writing. Lecture discussion and handout will focus on how tocompose psychological theories, factors, and intervention and/or treatment programs in logical writtenpresentation about individual changesRequirements for individual changes paper.1.Your paper must address one of the topics listed in your text using the theme stated above.2.Use evidenced-based research (a minimum of 5 research-based) citations to support your topic (youmay use peer-reviewed professional journal articles or the Required Text and Recommended Websitesin thePsychology Writing Rubric for Individual Changes Paper Outcome3.Your paper should have a running head and pagination.4.Citations must conform toAmerican Psychological Association (APA) Style,6thEdition standard5.Points will be deducted for errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and APA style.6.The individual changes paper is to be three pages of text (EXCLUDING:title and reference pages).**Rules for writing the individual changes paper.I expect all work that you turn in to beyour own,original for this course, well written, carefully proofread, and well-referenced (citations to research/theoryto support your ideas). Your paper should includeno more than 5% “quoted” material. A double-spacedpage consists of about 25 lines of text with one- inch margins. Please use no more than anaverageof one toone and a half lines of text in quotes per page. My focus on grading papers is to evaluateyourwriting, notsomeone else’s. An examination of published research will show that most articles use quotes sparingly, ifat all.Be sure to follow the detailed Instructional Psychology Writing Rubric Specifics for IndividualChanges Paper Outcomedocument available in your class Canvas website and lecture discussion in week2. This paper will be worth up to50 pointsto be ONLY submitted as an MSWord (.doc) document throughTurnitin in Canvas. Please see syllabusCourse Schedulesection for due date. Exceptions to use ofTurnitin should be written email requests submitted by the end of the 2nd week of academic term.
