Part 1 of your Research Paper is the first part of your Core Assessment assignment. • The first part of the paper will introduce your hypothesis, which is a prediction that can be either supported or rejected on the basis of your observations —

  • You should note public policy issues relevant to your hypothesis, and cultural issues that are relevant to your arguable claim.
  • You should summarize at least seven (7) articles relevant to your prediction, at least three (3) of which must be scientific journal articles that are published in peer-reviewed scientific journals (Click the “peer-reviewed” checkbox in Park Library’s Pirate Search).
  • You will need to include a summary of the prenatal development of the behavior in question, as well as previous research on the development of that behavior in infancy, the play years, and the school years.

A suggested outline for the first part of your paper is provided below