Psychology Research Project

These research projects may take the form of: written reports, brochures, powerpoints/ multimedia projects, or posters.  If you would like to display the information in another way, please let me know.

Option 1:  Complete research on one the following controversies in psychology:

• Institutionalization vs. Deinstitutionalization
• Medicating Children
• Is Disassociate Identity Disorder real?
• Nature vs. Nurture
• Freud’s importance in the field of psychology
• Is psychology a real science?
• What does it mean to be intelligent?

Your project must include the following:

• Clear, persuasive information on BOTH sides of the issue with cited, quality references (start out with just web addresses for citations)
• Some sort of eye-catching picture or graphic (more than one is fine & include website if copied and pasted)
• Your definitive opinion with supports on this issue

Option 1:  Complete research on any psychological disorder that you would like.  (Refer to page 414 of textbook for ideas).  Your project MUST include the following information:

• Categorization of disorder
• Symptoms
• Onset & Demographics (percentages, etc.)
• Causes
• Treatment options and efficacy
• Prognosis with and without treatment
• Any controversies surrounding the disorder, its causes, or its treatments and your opinion of such controversies
• Picture
• Bibliography with websites

**NOTE:  These projects should be mostly (if not wholly) in your own words, and any copied and pasted material must be within quotation marks with a parenthetical citation of the content’s origin immediately following.  ALL websites that you visited and gained information or content (pictures, etc.) from MUST be cited in your project.