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:
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
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:
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.
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