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Unit One, Assignment 1: Psychology In the News

For this Assignment, you'll write a formal essay that critically evaluates an article from the popular press. You may use your textbook and the article to write your essay. Be sure to include the complete reference for the article (article title; newspaper or magazine title, the date of publication, and page numbers).

See the Focus Guide for hints and tips to help you complete this assignment.

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Hints and Tips

  • This assignment will be easiest if you have your book open to the "Psychology in the News -Separating Fact from Fiction" section as you are working on the essay.
  • You may find it helpful to use a pre-writing strategy before sitting down to write your essay (see suggestions in the Focus Guide).
  • Consider using a highlighter to mark the key words in the essay question. Make sure that your thesis addresses the key words from the question.
  • See the Focus Guide for more hints and tips to help you complete this assignment.

Scoring

This assignment is worth 25 points.

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