Paper Assignment Guidelines
The goal of the four paper assignments you will write this semester is to strengthen your library skills, critical thinking and analytical skills, and
knowledge of the key issues within the developmental psychology literature. Responses to each paper assignment should not be based on your
opinion but based on the information in your textbook and peer-reviewed research. Each paper assignment should be 4 pages long, double-spaced,
12-point Times New Roman Font and in APA Format (abstract is not necessary). Up to 10 additional points will be deducted from papers that are not
in APA formatting and/or have grammatical errors that affect readability. In addition to any sources that are provided within the paper assignment,
for each assignment you will be responsible for finding three additional peer-reviewed sources to help you develop and support your response.
When writing your paper assignments, please remember that your point of view should be informed and supported by peer-reviewed research. To
receive credit for your work please provide a reference page in APA format for all the sources you used in your paper assignment. The reference page
does not count toward the page requirement for paper assignments. To assist you in writing your paper assignments, please review the ‘Paper
Assignment Help’ pdf file on Canvas and the grading rubric that is posted on Canvas and found at the end of the instructions for each paper
assignment (the rubric is the same for all paper assignments).
Note: All paper assignments that you complete in this course will be processed using the anti-plagiarism software, UniCheck. This software is integrated
with Canvas and will give you a similarity score for your assignments that will be visible to both you and your professor. If there are instances where
your writing is similar to, or matches against, a source within the database, it will be flag for your professor to review. Any work that is submitted that
has a similarity score over 25% will not be graded and will receive a zero. You can see your similarity score as soon as you submit your assignment.
In the event that your similarity score is too high, you may revise your document and resubmit your assignment up until the assignment is due.
Paper Assignment #4 (50 pts)
Evaluating the Content of Social Media Influencers
Throughout social media websites and apps, there are individuals who create content about various aspects of human development such as physical
health, nutrition, parenting, emotional wellbeing, and so much more. On Instagram, some popular examples are @takingcarababies,
@biglittlefeelings, and @milestones.and.motherhood. Some of these individuals are professionally qualified to discuss these topics; they earned
degrees, licenses, and work in the field. Others are not qualified and make claims based on personal experience and anecdotal evidence. For this
paper assignment, you will evaluate the content of three different social media influencers and compare and contrast what they say about their topic
and what the research says. To be successful on this assignment, do the following:
Find three social media influencers who create content about an aspect of human development. To be considered an “influencer” they must
have over 100,000 followers and post content to FaceBook, Instagram, or TikTok regularly. Make sure to provide their social media handle.
Evaluate each influencers content over the past two weeks. Provide links and/or screenshots of stories, captions, and other content to use
throughout your paper. Then answer the following questions:
o What aspect of human development does this person post about?
o Are they qualified in any way to post about this subject? If so, what makes them qualified?
o Pick two specific posts over the past two weeks for each influencer and evaluate the accuracy of the information they provided to their
followers? Is it correct, is it complete? Use peer-reviewed research articles to help support your evaluation.
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