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Essay Instructions: Successful drafts will (due in week 8):

Be focused on persuading general readers to take action or accept your point of view on a specific and debatable topic. NOTE: please avoid topics that are focused on religious, moral, or overly emotional debates.
Be at least 5 full pages in length, in addition to the title page and reference page, and include at least 3 sources.
Contain a well-crafted thesis statement appropriate for the essay's purpose.
Include the opposition?s point of view with logical reasoning as rebuttal.
Follow APA formatting rules as identified in the APA sample paper on Doc Sharing or through this tutorial: APA Tutorial. An APA title page, Running Heads, and page numbers are required.
Provide APA reference information for any outside sources used. Be sure to include an in-text citation for any references made throughout the body of the paper in addition to a full end reference page formatted in APA style.
Be typed and submitted as a Microsoft Word 2010 document (.docx), double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font.

Review the APA tutorial and the websites below for information on the style guide and documentation.

APA Reference Materials

Tutorial iconAPA Guidelines for Citing Sources

Highlights of this tutorial include the purpose of citing, guidelines, examples of how to cite sources in text and at the end of a paper, and how to format a reference list and an entire paper.

PDF iconDVU APA Handbook

This handbook is a resource for citing references using the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2001). Highlights include APA websites; practice exercises; ways to avoid plagiarism; guidelines; and examples for how to use sources, cite sources in TDA posts, cite in the text and at the end of a paper, edit citations, and format a reference list and an entire paper.

Tutorial iconDVU Student APA Training

This video will teach you the basics you need to know in order to get started with APA style citation. No special software or set-up is required for the video.

American Psychological Association (APA) Style Website

This website provides answers to frequently asked questions and lists APA manuals and style guides.

Essay Instructions: 1. This paper is to have an introduction, body, and conclusion.
2. The paper is to be in APA format, including citations and references. .
3. Paper is to be a minimum of 5 pages in length of text material.
4. Proper grammar and spelling are required.

I want the paper to be about different theorists perspectives on psychopaths (how the term "psychopath" started) what defines a psychopath. Famous people labeled a "psychopath" in the media. What crimes the famous "psychopath" committed. Treatments for a psychopath....

Essay Instructions: A 3 to 4 page book report/summary of the required reading of:

Hare, Robert D. (1999) Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths among Us. New York: Guilford Press

Report should include a summary of the book along with your opinions and impressions of the book.

Essay Instructions: 5 pages, include Hervey Cleckley and his work on psychopathy, psychopath, and sociopath.Also up to date info as well. APA format.