Rationale for the Research

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A.    Introduction

Write your Introduction paragraph, as prescribed within your assignment.

Provide a brief overview of what the body of research you propose to complete.
Identify the Research Question your research will answers.
Explain why this is important research to perform (i.e., how it fills a gap in the present body of knowledge).

B.     Rationale for the Research

Write your Rationale for the proposed research, as prescribed within your assignment.

Provide a background discussion that argues why this research is important to do.
Explain what observation(s) led you toward this body of research (i.e., what tweaked your interest in this).

C.    The Literature Review

Write your Literature Review for the proposal, as prescribed within your assignment.

Research what is already known about the related topic.
Write a building and cohesive argumentative discussion in an essay format.
Did not simply recite what each author did, learned or said, but build a discussion.
Discussed how your research would then fill a gap in the existing research.

D.    Social Psychology Theory.

Write your Theory for the proposal, as prescribed within your assignment.

Students must identify and discuss a minimum of two (2) Social Theories.
These theories MUST come specifically from the Class Course Textbook: ‘Social Psychology’ by ‘Kassin, Fein & Markus’.
Students must name and fully define the theory in your own words.
Students must discuss how this theory helps to guide and explain something about nature of the topic of their proposed research.