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TITLE (in BOLD and Centered)
[Double Space between Title and First Subheading]
Background (This subheading “Background” is in bold, left-aligned, and italicized)
– This section provides an overview of your topic, in which key themes and findings are introduced. In addition to introducing your topic, this section narrows the scope of the topic relative to what you want to present.
o This section defines the operationally- defined parameters in which to limit the discussion of your topic, which can be used to “set-up” the direction of your thesis using research on your topic.
o Research articles used should be peer-reviewed journal articles that are relevant to your topic and correctly bolster topic and your thesis.
 Citations are correctly formatted using APA.
– This section has the thesis (usually towards the end of the section).
o Support for your thesis should be evident throughout your paper (results, conclusions, and future results, etc.)
– Active voice is used.
– This section is single-spaced.
[Double Space between Sections]
Methods and Materials (This subheading is in bold, left-aligned, and italicized)
– This section presents exactly what you did to measure your topic thesis (i.e. – could a researcher in another country use this information and replicate your study exactly?)
o HINT: These are survey/questionaires measuring concepts in health psychology. You may use all or some of the questions in this paper, but it should be based on your topic. Just be specific about questionnaire and question type.
o Do not worry if this section is on the short-side. Again, it is a questionnaire, so you do not have as much to say compared to other research. Just make sure you cover all relevant variables.
– Specifically state how methods related to the IV/DV of your thesis.
– DO NOT TALK ABOUT RESULTS/CONCLUSIONS HERE. That is later.
– Active voice is used.
– This section is single-spaced.
[Double Space between Sections]
Results (This subheading is in bold, left-aligned, and italicized)
– This section presents exactly what you found (statistics).
o Excel is fine for calculating statistics and for formatting graphs.
 NOTE: These will most likely be basic nonparametric designs (correlations, chi-squares, etc.)
– DO NOT TALK ABOUT INFERENCES YET. They go in Conclusions section.
– Active voice is used.
– This section is single-spaced.
[Double Space between Sections]
Conclusions (This subheading is in bold, left-aligned, and italicized)
– This section should be linearly (in a straight line) organized to provide a clear, coherent, concise perspective of results as they relate to current literature/thesis.
o Presented information does not seem like a collection of random research findings and personal perspectives. Back that personal opinion up with science!
– This section presents discusses your results relative to your thesis.
o The tone and information presented within this section should support your thesis, but contrasting literature should also be included.
– This section also discusses limitations to your study.
o Limitations are those variables that might have impacted your results.
– This section proposes future directions of your research.
o Based upon your thesis, the information you provided in the previous 2 sections, and limitations to your thesis, this section should also suggest possible avenues that research could go to further support your research idea. This takes critical thinking!
 These suggestions should not be overly general and should have specific direction that is relevant to your thesis.
***You are more than welcome to include limitations and future directions as their own subheadings or as a combined additional subheading based on your preference and what makes sense to you!
– Active voice is used.
– This section is single-spaced.

Finally, this paper should be (Organization, Content, and Format):
***NOTE: These are the easy to get points. Be sure to double check these so that you don’t leave points “on the table”.
 Composed/Saved as Microsoft Word (docx) or Adobe (pdf) file
 Moodle tends to be incompatible to other rtfs (google docs, whatever apple uses, etc.), so I cannot open these! If I cannot open it, then I will not grade it! As I have over 200 papers to grade, it is your responsibility to get it in by the deadline in the proper format.
 1-2 page paper (roughly 500-750 words)
 1” margins
 12 pt. Times New Roman
 Paginated with proper alignment and spacing.
 Active voice throughout  Follows basic “Do’s and Don’t’s List”
 Thesis supported throughout
 Logically linear: concise, coherent, and clear