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AP Psychology Research Project #1            

Using APA format prepare a typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5″ x 11″) with 1″ margins on all sides research project.  You should use 10-12 pt. Times New Roman font or a similar font.  Include a title page and a reference page.  The reference page must follow APA format and include every source that you use.  Your paper should be in your own words, with some paraphrasing and very little direct quotes. 

You do not need to include an abstract.

Include a page header at the top of every page. To create a page header, insert page numbers flush right. Then type “TITLE OF YOUR PAPER” in the header flush left.

Use this site to help with formatting:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Write a one – three paragraph summary explaining each of the following psychological perspectives:

1. Psychodynamic
2. Behaviorism
3. Cognitive
4. Humanism
5. Neurobiological
6. Sociocultural

Write a summary about each of the famous psychologists listed below.  Include the following information in each summary.

1. Brief history
2. School of Psychology to which he/she belongs
3. Major impact of his/her work in the field of psychology
4. Types of research methods utilized in his/her experiments
5. Major publications

Alfred Adler

Erik Erikson

Sigmund Freud

Karen Horney

William James

Carl Jung

Lawrence Kohlberg

Wolfgang Kohler

Ivan Pavlov

Jean Piaget

Carl Rogers

B. F. Skinner

Margaret Washburn

John B. Watson

Wilhelm Wundt