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Describe an issue/event/research in adult development and present two empirical papers on this topic

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Adult Development PSY402 Assignment Instruction Sheet Objective: Your objective is to describe an issue/event/research question in adult development and to present two empirical papers on this topic. Choose a topic of interest to you. Try to avoid broad topics. Instead, pick something more specific. For example, you might be interested in widowhood, but that would be too broad. Instead, you would need to focus in on a specific aspect of widowhood. For example, you might choose to examine the risk of developing depression in widows compared to widowers, or the risk of developing depression in young widows compared to older widows. Likewise, you could examine similar questions regarding dating habits in widowhood, resilience of widows/widowers, etc. The papers you choose should both be about the more specific topic you have chosen. As discussed in class, there are three ways in research to measure developmental change: 1) longitudinal study, 2) cross sectional study, 3) sequential study. The empirical papers you choose need to demonstrate 2 of these options. For example, if your first paper describes a longitudinal study, your second paper should describe either a cross sectional study or a sequential study. Helpful Notes: 1) Your topic needs to focus on adult development (no children or adolescent participants, Adults only). 2) An empirical paper is one in which the authors describe a study that they conducted. A review paper is NOT an empirical paper. Articles in magazines, such as Readers Digest or Psychology Today, are NOT empirical papers. 3) Not all papers fit into longitudinal, cross sectional, sequential, because not all papers use a developmental design. Do not make the mistake of assuming if it is not longitudinal it must be cross sectional. That is not necessarily true. Additionally, be aware that other fields use the word cross sectional differently. If a study is described as cross sectional, make sure they are using the term in a developmental way (i.e. a cross section of ages is being tested). 4) Be mindful that this is a psychology assignment. Do not go to medical. You need to be addressing a topic from a psychological perspective. Evaluation: The assignment is worth 25% of your final grade. You will be evaluated on 6 criteria, each of which will be scored out of 5. The criteria do not equally contribute to your grade. Some are weighted higher than others. Here is a breakdown of how your paper will be graded. 1) Description of the topic – 15%. I am looking for a description of the topic, definitions of the key terms, and a description of the link to the research (i.e. an explanation of why people wanted to research this topic). This description should be approximately 1-page long. You will lose points if you are missing information or if you do not provide proper and adequate description. 2) Description of empirical paper 1 – 20%. There are three main aspects of the empirical paper that I want you to describe in your paper: 1) a short description of what the author(s) wanted to study (i.e. what the research question was); 2) a short description of how they tested it, who were the participants, what type of study was it (longitudinal, cross sectional, or sequential) and a brief description of the procedure; 3) a short description of the main findings. You do NOT need to include the statistics. You just need to relay the main findings. For example, “The authors found that a greater percentage of widows develop depression compared to widowers.” The description of your first empirical paper should be about 1 to 1.5 pages long. Your ability to summarize (i.e. pull out the key information) is vital to this section. 3) Description of empirical paper 2 – 20%. The same criteria and guidelines for empirical paper 1 will be applied to empirical paper 2. 4) Comparison of the empirical papers and conclusion – 20%. I am looking for you to answer the question “Are the findings of the two papers similar, or are they conflicting?” For example, if both papers indicate that widows are more likely to develop depression than widowers that means the findings are similar. If that is the case, explain how the findings complement each other. For example, you could write that the first group of researchers found X. Then you can write that the second group of researchers also found support for X, and added additional information Y. If the findings are conflicting, such as one paper found that widows are more likely to develop depression than widowers, whereas the second paper found that widowers are more likely than widows, you should explain why you think they found difference. Perhaps you think one of the studies is a better study (e.g. used a better type of study, had a better procedure, used more participants, etc). Perhaps one study tested Canadians and the other tested Italians, and then you could make the conclusion that the evidence would suggest there are cultural differences. This section should be 1 to 1.5 pages long. Your marks will be earned by displaying critical thinking and the quality of your comparisons 5) Writing style – 15%. I will evaluate your grammar, spelling, clarity, logical flow, and so on. You should take the time to proofread your paper. You could get a friend (who is good with grammar, spelling, etc) to help proofread it too. If there are spelling/grammar errors, if it is difficult to read, and so on, I will deduct points. 6) APA/Formatting – 10%. You need to follow all APA guidelines for title pages, for formatting (e.g. font size, margin size), for referencing (both in-text and reference lists). Please take the time to look up the APA guidelines. I will provide a link on the course webpage. Other important information: -The structure of your paper should be 1) Description of the topic, 2) Description of empirical paper 1, 3) Description of empirical paper 2, 4) Comparison of the papers & Discussion. Do not get creative with the structure of your paper. Follow the structure as I laid it out. -The page limit is 4 to 6 pages (and I have given you guidelines on how long each section should be). If your paper is too short or too long, you will be penalized. -A title page and a reference list are required (and must comply with APA guidelines. You will be penalized if they are missing. The title page and reference list do NOT count towards your page limit. -With your two empirical papers, you should have enough sources for your paper. However, you are allowed to bring in additional sources if you want. Remember to consider the quality of the source (e.g. avoid random websites). -Do not use direct quotes, paraphrasing is always preferred. -All sources must be properly cited within text and in the reference list. Failure to do so is a form of plagiarism and will be reported to the Academic Integrity Office. DEALINE: November 13, 2017 by 11:59PM via D2L
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RUNNING HEAD: ROLE OF RELAXATION THERAPIES IN CULTIVATING
POSITIVE EMOTIONS AMONG ADULTS

Role of Relaxation Therapies in Cultivating Positive Emotions among Adults
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ROLE OF RELAXATION THERAPIES IN CULTIVATING POSITIVE EMOTIONS
AMONG ADULTS

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Description of Topic
Relaxation therapies such as Mediation, Yoga, and Muscle Relaxation cultivate
positive emotions for subjective well-being and happiness in people facing problems in
experiencing positive emotions. The subjective well-being of an individual is defined as a
composite of positive memories, optimism, and relative amounts of positive and negative
emotional affects (Randy, L., 2009)). There exist a significant proportion of emotional core
ingredients that correlate with the subjective emotional well-being of individuals (Randy, L..
2009). The composite of positive and negative affects over a period of time describe the
central tendency around which a person alternates. It means that the experience sampling
methods in research that analyse experiences in a particular period of time are more effective
in analysing the role of positive emotions in evaluative judgment of happiness of a person.
Researchers have argued that this judgment of happiness is a ratio of positive emotions (PA)
to negative emotions (NA) in which both constructs are distinctive. In other words, the level
of life satisfaction and happiness can be increased either by increasing positive emotions or
by reducing the negative emotions in a person. The increase in positive emotional responses
reduces depression, anxiety, and exposure to mental health disorders (Randy, L., 2009).
Positive emotions such as joy, contentment, and interest do not necessarily require a
physical action to be taken but they are...


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