PSY 341 SPRING 2018 Extra Credit: Annotated Bibliography EXTRA CREDIT OPTION DETAILS:

This extra credit assignment can potentially boost your Exam 1 or Exam 2 grade, depending on whether you write about Exam 1 material or Exam 2 material. You can only submit 1 extra credit paper, and only 1 of your exams can get potentially boosted.

Your score on this optional assignment is worth between 0 and 10 points. IF your extra credit score percentage is higher than your Exam score percentage, it will be averaged with your Exam grade. For example:

• If you score 80% on this extra credit assignment and 60% on the Exam, your new Exam grade will become 70%.
• If you score 50% on this extra credit assignment and 60% on the Exam, your Exam grade will remain 60%. DUE DATE: 

  This optional assignment is due, submitted to Webcampus, by Friday, 5/11 at 10:00 PM.LEARNING OBJECTIVES: (1) Learn more about a particular issue or treatment related to the field of Abnormal Psychology. (2) Practice generating APA style references.

  (3) Enhance your use of academic search engines.

  (4) Develop your ability to understand and paraphrase psychological source material. INSTRUCTIONS:

  Select one of the following theories, issues, or concepts to perform your annotated bibliography on.If you want to boost your Exam 1 score, choose from the following Exam 1 options:EXAM 1
  • Epigenetics and Psychological Disorders
  • Prevention of Psychological Disorders
  • Criminal Behavior and Psychological Disorders
  • MMPI-2 and Assessment of Psychological Disorders
  • Common Factors of Psychotherapeutic Change
  • Effectiveness of Person (or Client) Centered Therapy
  • Effectiveness of Systematic Desensitization Therapy
  • Effectiveness of Rational Emotive Restructuring Therapy

PSY 341 SPRING 2018 Extra Credit: Annotated Bibliography
If you want to boost your Exam 2 score, choose from the following Exam 2 options:

EXAM 2

• Evidence for Sociocognitive Model of Dissociative Identity Disorder
• Effectiveness of Deep Brain Stimulation For (Any) Psychological Disorders
• Effectiveness of Maudsley Approach For Eating Disorders
• Effectiveness of Methadone Treatment for Substance Use
• Effectiveness of Biofeedback for Anxiety Disorders
• Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for Trauma
• Effectiveness of Hypnosis for (Any) Psychological Disorders
• Effectiveness of Motivation Interviewing for (Any) Psychological DisordersOnce you have identified your topic material, do the following:(1) Using PsycInfo or Google Scholar, locate 5 empirical (i.e., research) articles that study your chosen topic. (2) First, define, summarize, or briefly explain the topic you chose. (short paragraph: 2-4 sentences long) (3) Next, create an annotated bibliography entry for each article. An annotated bibliography is an APA style reference list that also includes a summary of the key sections of the article.

a. Your summary should be organized into the following sections: Theoretical Background (Intro Section), Hypotheses (Intro Section), Sample (Method Section), Study Procedure (Method Section), Results (Results or Discussion Sections), Implications of Results (Discussion Section).

i. Your discussion of the study’s Results should include a written summary of the key findings. You do NOT need to provide statistics and numbers.

(4) Your paper must identify which Exam you are trying to boost. Title your paper either:

1. Exam 1 Extra Credit Option, or
2. Exam 2 Extra Credit Option

Articles published on wiki type sites, blogs, or consumer magazines (e.g.,

Psychology Today), are not appropriate for this assignment, and will not receive

credit.

PSY 341 SPRING 2018 Extra Credit: Annotated Bibliography

Sample Annotation and Point Distribution (do this for each article, but double-spaced!):

Hilsenroth, M. J., Ackerman, S. J., Blagys, M. D., Baity, M. R., & Mooney, M. A. (2003). Short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for depression: An examination of statistical, clinically significant, and technique-specific change. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 191,349-357.

Theory / Background: The authors aimed to replicate and extend prior studies that have shown psychodynamic therapy to be an effective short-term treatment for depression. In particular, this was the first study to examine social and occupational functioning outcomes after the treatment.

(graded as 0, 1⁄2, 1, or 1.5 points)

Hypotheses: The authors hypothesized that psychodynamic therapy would lessen depressive symptoms and dysfunction with a moderate to large effect size.

(graded as 0, 1⁄2, 1, or 1.5 points)

Sample: The hypothesis was assessed in a sample of 21 adults diagnosed with major depression. The sample was evenly distributed across gender and romantic relationship status (i.e., married, divorced, single). Approximately half of the sample was comorbid with a personality disorder.

(graded as 0, 1⁄2, 1, or 1.5 points)

Study Procedure: The authors used clinical graduate students to provide STTP therapy to the participants. STTP therapy emphasizes emotion processing, wish fulfillment and dreams, the client- therapist relationship, and explores the client’s past experiences and their attempts to avoid certain things. The treatment’s effectiveness was assessed in client self-reports and therapist evaluations using checklists and ratings of depression symptoms and social adjustment.

(graded as 0, 1⁄2, 1, or 1.5 points)

Results: Results provided support for the authors’ hypothesis: depressive symptoms and social and occupational functioning improved to a large degree.

(graded as 0, 1⁄2, 1, or 1.5 points)

Implications of Results: This study’s results are meaningful because they found improvement of depression symptoms was directly associated with treatment behaviors that reflect psychodynamic therapy, including the importance of the client-therapist relationship, the role of past experience, wishes, and avoidance behaviors. Moreover, clients appeared to be satisfied and rarely dropped out of therapy, suggesting that clients will likely comply with the therapy.

(graded as 0, 1⁄2, 1, or 1.5 points)Writing Quality & General Requirements (graded as 0, 1⁄2, or 1 point)

Writing Quality:

Your annotated bibliography should be carefully edited for grammar, word choice, and flow.

Format:

Your essay should be typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins. The references should be listed in alphabetized form, just like a standard APA style reference.