Select an option and use the Consider This Situation example as a model to write your synthesis. Write three paragraphs using the MEAL plan to write a synthesis that represents ideas from multiple sources based upon the school of thought in the context of your selected option.
**PLEASE ENSURE SOURCES ARE PEER-REVIEWED***
**The “MEAL” plan is this:
Main idea: Topic sentence.
Your main should be presented in the first sentence of your paragraph.
This tells your reader what that paragraph is about.
Evidence: Information that supports your topic sentence.
Your evidence should relate to your main idea.
You will gather evidence from your sources and present the evidence in your paragraph.
Analysis: Analysis of your evidence.
Your analysis tells your readers why the evidence matters.
If you are including evidence from multiple sources, tell your readers how those sources relate to one another.
Your evidence and analysis sections will often overlap and intermingle.
Linking Information: Connection to larger purpose or link to the next paragraph.
Linking information can serve several purposes.
It can
transition to the next paragraph.
relate the paragraph text to the larger purpose of a paper.
or ensure all loose ends related to the paragraph’s main idea have been wrapped up
Use this option and scenario following below:
Humanistic psychology is also called third-force psychology. Discuss the changes in values, principles, and subject matter that humanistic psychology brought to the field of psychology, and how these changes affected psychologists’ ways of understanding human behavior. Also, address the ways in which humanistic psychology asks questions and conducts research. Provide at least two peer-reviewed articles that support your ideas.
Scenario:
I have read two articles, both of which discuss third-force psychology. However, researcher A published their article more recently than researcher B. As a result, some of researcher A’s conclusions are informed by more recent best practices. How can I discuss both sources in one paragraph that revolves around the main topic of third force psychology?
To address Option 1, I might create three paragraphs,
Paragraph 1: Changes in values, principles, subject matter
Main idea
Evidence from Researcher A and Researcher B
Analysis of Evidence from both sources
Linking information
Paragraph 2: Effect of changes
Paragraph 3: Research methods
Additional Requirements
Length: 3 paragraphs.
References: At least 2 peer-reviewed scholarly references.
Formatting: Double-spaced lines following APA style and format; a title page, abstract, page numbers, or running head are not required. See Evidence and APA for information about APA.
Font size and type: 12-point Times New Roman.
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