WEEK THREE Annotated Bibliography

In this week, you will complete an annotated bibliography for a position paper that will be due in Week 5. For more information on the required format of the bibliography pleaseclick on annotated bibliography template. Choosing what area you would like to study in addictions begins with examining the following areas related to the course competencies:

·         Major psychological theories and principles in the field of addictions

·         Historical link to modern issues and trends in the field of addictions

·         Current and evolving trends in the field of addictions

·         Nature of geographic, social, cognitive, and emotional factors in the development, course, and duration of addictions

·         Differences in patterns of addiction in the context of gender and developmental issues

·         Illegal and legal substance use issues regarding physical, social, and psychological effects

·         Impact of treatment and prevention methods on the incidence, course, and duration of addictive behaviors

Use this as a guide when choosing research articles.

Note: This is a course on psychology. Therefore, the research should relate to addictions but from a psychological perspective and less on purely the medical issues related to the disorders and conditions.

Choose any three of the topics mentioned above. Using the South University Online Library database (ProQuest or EBSCOHOST), find two journal articles related to each of the topic areas chosen. You need to research articles located in scholarly journals. Scholarly journal articles are also referred as primary source peer reviewed articles. You should not use web pages, magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and other books for this assignment. Also, research articles that were published within the last five or six years.

Based on your research, create a 4-5page document in Microsoft Word that includes:

·         A summary for each of the journal articles found.

·         An analysis and evaluation for each of the journal articles found.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Submission Details

Name your document SU_PSY4001_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

Submit your document to the W3 Assignment 2 Dropbox by Saturday, January 30, 2016.

 WEEK FIVE Position Paper

In Week 3, you conducted a literature review using the course competencies as a guide in choosing the articles. In this week, you will take the information gathered inWeek 3 and incorporate it into a final paper. The paper is not just the literature review it is a culmination of what you have learned over the course and as in Week 3use the following course competencies as a guide to developing your paper.

• Major psychological theories and principles in the field of addictions
• Historical link to modern issues and trends in the field of addictions
• Current and evolving trends in the field of addictions
• Nature of geographic, social, cognitive, and emotional factors in the development, course, and duration of addictions
• Differences in patterns of addiction in the context of gender and developmental issues
• Illegal and legal substance use issues regarding physical, social, and psychological effects
• Impact of treatment and prevention methods on the incidence, course, and duration of addictive behaviors

Your paper should adhere to the following guidelines:

For the main sections, it should have:

• A title page: The title should be appropriate as per the topics chosen for research.
• An abstract: This should be 150- to 250-words in length.
• An introduction: This should be 2- to 3-pages in length. The introduction provides a brief overview of what will be covered and the purpose of the position paper.
• A literature review: The literature review is taken in part from what you wrote in Week 3. The literature review is not a copy of that material. Rather, it is a synthesis of the material you found into a cohesive review of the literature on your chosen topic.
• Discussion and conclusions: The difference between a great position paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of the discussion and conclusions section. This is where you bring together what you learned from the literature review (as well as through the course) in your concluding remarks regarding your topic. The discussion and conclusions section should be one to two pages in length.
• Reference page: Remember to follow APA format and style.

Submit your responses in a 10- to 12-page Microsoft Word document.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

February 12, 2016.