Written Assignments for Psychology in the News

Visit one or more of the sites at the very bottom for an article for your discussion paper.

Each is due as scheduled on the Course Calendar

LATE papers lose 10 points each calendar day late.

At the top of your paper

1. State your name
2. State which class you are attending [example – 8 am Monday Wednesday]
3. State that you did your write up yourself [see syllabus for academic dishonesty]
4. State the title of the article you read and where you found it.

About the paper

1. Write a 500 or more words describing the article and your assessment of what you read.
2. Warning – if you pick a “really short” paper to write you may have trouble writing 500 words about it. (Papers that have less than 500 words lose points.)
3. Use good grammar and complete sentences. (Important)

1. Good grammar is 40% of the grade.
2. Accurate narrative based on the article you selected is 60% of the grade.

1. You may have a friend or relative check your work, provided you do the original work yourself. Or use  HCC Tutoring at 
2. Each paper is due as scheduled on the Course Calendar
3. Late papers lose 10 points each calendar day late.
4. If you receive a zero on a paper, that zero will not be replaced by the final exam score at the end of the course (see syllabus). Please do write the papers.
5. Email your paper to me within canvas – or from your traditional student email to robert.morecook@hccs.edu
6. Keep scrolling down to see all the sites where you can find articles about psychology in the news.

Find an article you like at one of these sites. 😊

 American Psychological Association’s monthly magazine

 Psychology news from many sources.

 Press Releases from American Psychological Association

 Main American Psychological Association Page

Research Discovers on Mind and Brain

Visit the links below to learn about news in PSYCHIATRY – which are also acceptable.

 Mental Health

 Main American Psychiatric Association page

These are the guidelines that I received from the professor. I just have to choose an article from the list given above to analyze and review. Please let me know if you need any further instructions or information.