Personal Experience Paper                                       

Personal Experience Paper                                                  

This Assignment allows you to explore a topic, that interests you or that is relevant to your field of study and relate it to your life and experience.  The assignment must be 3-4 pages, double spaced and typed in APA Style.

1. You will first choose a topic that interests you. The list below are general ideas.You can choose something that is not on this list.  Explore the textbook!! The entire book is embedded with potential topics!!! Just choose one!!
   1. Psychological disorders
      1. Depression
      2. Anxiety

• OCD

1. Post-Traumatic Stress
2. Developmental disorders
   1. ADHD
   2. Autism
3. Stress
   1. Health
   2. Sports
4. Motivation
   1. general
   2. Sports

• School

1. The Biological Perspective
   1. Neuropsychology
2. Nature Vs Nurture
3. Emerging Adulthood
4. Gender Identity
5. Organizational Psychology

2. You will define the topic or idea and provide general information relating to the concept.
   1. Relate the importance of the topic to the field of psychology
      1. How is the topic important in the field?
   2. Support your statements with current research and trends
      1. Find an article using the PsychArticles database utilizing the School Library. (based of topic I will include an article for you) You will summarize the findings of the article and include it in your paper. Make sure you reference your article. You can use the article or topic you chose for your Research Assignment. (this research was from a previous assignment we can discuss this further once hired.

3. Relate this topic to your everyday life
   1. Why did you choose this topic?
   2. How does it relate to you and your experience?
   3. What did you discover new in your exploration?

***make sure you provide documentation for any sources and in text documentation for any writing that is not your own. There is no plagiarism.