Guidelines for Psychology 440 Term Paper

 

 

 

  1. Topic – must be related to biological psychology – that is, the topic must have both a behavioral and a biological component

 

  1. Length – 8 to 12 pages

 

  1. References
    1. Between 10 and 15 references
    2. Types of sources

                                                               i.      Books

                                                             ii.      Book chapters

                                                            iii.      Aritcles from refereed journals

                                                           iv.      Articles from non-refereed journals

                                                             v.      Web sources

1.      web pages

2.      full text articles down loaded from a data base such as Ebsco Host

    1. Most of your references should be from books, book chapters, and full text refereed journals
    2. Limit web pages to one or two

 

  1. Format – APA style – see  WCU Writing Center web page