Type of paper:Term paper
Discipline:Psychology and Education : Psychology
Format or citation style:APA (edition “APA 6”)
Paper instructions:
Assignment 7- Due Week 7
The Final Paper provides the opportunity for you to demonstrate your ability to
apply the concepts covered throughout the course. Your responses should be complete
and to the point. You are encouraged to utilize the Internet and the University Virtual Library
to access current literature and information to enhance your analysis for this project.
This assignment must be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, and must be written at g
raduate level English.
A minimum of 10, current, evidence-based references, must be used and cited according to APA format.
Directions:
Please choose either I or II for the final paper.
I. A behavioral problem: The behavioral problem paper should include: its official
definition (DSM-5), its signs and symptoms, developmental/physiological/psychological/
sociological factors underlying its causation, and treatment approaches, both traditional and,
if available, alternative.
II. An educational problem: The educational problem paper would address an issue related to
problems in visual or auditory analysis/comprehension or a problem in speech or writing.
The paper should begin with a fictitious client history, diagnosis supported by signs and
symptoms, the developmental/physiological/psychological/sociological factors underlying
its causation, and treatment approaches, both traditional and, if available, alternative.
The paper should be 10 pages in length plus a title and reference page.
Assignment Outcomes
Discuss the impact biological abnormalities in the brain have on behavior.
Synthesize current research in neuroscience with disorders in the DSM-5.