I notice that I have very few grammatical errors, and most of them include the use of commas, colons, and apostrophes. My common errors included the improper placement of colons and commas (”Indians“,  “:) and the misuse of an apostrophe, not indicating plurals or possessive nouns (Tompkins‘).  

In my Restak essay, MLA citations were more common, such as a book title in quotation makrs (“The New Brain“) where it should have been, The New Brain.

My first step would be to re-read my sample abstracts to get the full understanding of the organization of an abstract. Then, I need to re-read my prompt and essentially put more emphasis on my theme of self-satisfaction in my own abstract. That would then lead me to finding related studies about the correlation between self- satisfaction and happiness, which was the original goal of my essay. 

Abstract

Psychology’s early allegiance to behaviorism and experimental methods led many to disparage personality approaches throughout much of last century. Doubts about personality psychology’s viability culminated in Mischel’s assertion that measures of personality account for modest amounts of variance in behavior. In the years immediately following this critique, interest in personality research waned and many psychology departments dropped their training programs in personality. Throughout the past two decades, however, personality psychology has enjoyed a resurgence. The authors discuss several possible explanations for personality’s comeback and then describe the emergence of a promising symbiosis between personality psychology and its sister discipline, social psychology. The article concludes by noting that although this emerging symbiosis is likely to continue bearing considerable theoretical fruit, the traditional distinction between personal, situational, and interactional determinants of behavior continues to be useful within appropriate contexts.

required: 5 specialized journal titles: minimum of: one from Database by Title; one from Database by Subject; three from Journal search results.note: the abstracts that you begin to read and collect as part of your journal search may also direct you to make an Inter-library loan of the source, if it’s not an item that the University library owns, or isn’t available as e-text. It’s most time effective to make the ILL immediately once you determine from its abstract that the entire work will be useful for your research.

1.   Database by Title

1.   1. Avoiding interference: Adult attachment and emotional processing biases. By Edelstein, Robin S. ; Gillath, Omri. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 2008 Feb Vol 34(2) 171-181. 2008-01525-002.

Database by Subject 

2. Psychopathic personality traits and life-success.(Author abstract)(Report).Simone Ullrich, David P. Farrington and Jeremy W. Coid. Personality and Individual Differences 44.5 (April 2008): p1162(10).

Journal Search  

3. Journal of social behavior and personality. Published: San Rafael, CA : Select Press, [c1986- ]. BF1.J688.

4. Journal of personality. Published: [Durham, N.C.] : Duke Univ. Press., [c1946- ]. BF1.J66.

5. Character and personality. Published: [Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press], [c1932-1945]. BF1.J66.

I was not able to access my ILL account, but I did not feel that my resources were limited because of that. During my reference visit I went through the reference sections on my own. I found a majority of my books that were on my initial blog list. While I was skimming through them, I began to realize that most of them were not specific enough for me to really get a good understanding of my topic.

required: a minimum of 3 specialized databases; a minimum of one specialized journal from Database by Title search, of 5 required journal titles; a minimum of one specialized journal from Database by Subject search, of 5 required journal titles.note: the abstracts that you begin to read and collect as part of your journal search may also direct you to make an Inter-library loan of the source, if it’s not an item that the University library owns, or isn’t available as e-text. It’s most time effective to make the ILL immediately once you determine from its abstract that the entire work will be useful for your research. Database by Title 

PsycARTICLES  | 1988-present | Full Text | Vendor: APA

PsycINFO  | 1806-present |  Vendor: CSA Database by Subject  

Psychology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection | 1970-present | Full Text | Vendor: CSA 

required: a minimum of 8 book titles, which may be electronic books, 5 from your initial subject heading prefix; 3 additional book titles from the minimum of one additional subject heading, subheading or keyword found in a catalog bibliographic citation; a minimum of one specialized dictionary and one specialized encyclopedia.please put the call numbers of the books, dictionaries, and encyclopedias on your blog.  

Books

1. McCrae, Robert R. Personality in adulthood : a five-factor theory perspective , Jr. New York : Guilford Press, c2003. Boca Raton Campus BF698.9 .A4 M33 2003

2. Kluckhohn, Clyde, 1905-1960, ed. Personality in nature, society, and culture. New York, Knopf, 1953.Boca Raton Campus BF698 .K58 1953 

3. Evans, Rachel. Ego development, guilt and hypocrisy : an online study of personality, 2007 Jupiter Campus NX00.5 .E792 2007

4. Comprehensive handbook of personality and psychopathology / Michel Hersen, Jay C. Thomas, editors-in-chief. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006 [i.e. 2005]. Boca Raton Campus Reference (Non-circulating) RC456 .C66 2005

5. Kellerman, Henry. Handbook of psychodiagnostic testing : analysis of personality in the psychological report / Henry Kellerman, Anthony Burry. New York, NY : Springer, c2007. Boca Raton Campus RC469 .K44 2007

6. Handbook of personality development / edited by Daniel K. Mroczek and Todd D. Little. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006. Jupiter Campus BF698 .H3343 2006

7. The development of the person : the Minnesota study of risk and adaptation from birth to adulthood / by L. Alan Sroufe … [et al.]. New York : Guilford Press, c2005. Jupiter Campus HQ767.9 .D477 2005

8. Psychopathology in later adulthood / edited by Susan Krauss Whitbourne. New York : Wiley, c2000. Boca Raton Campus RC451.4.A5 P7777 2000

Dictionary

Stratton, Peter. A student’s dictionary of psychology / Peter Stratton and Nicky Hayes. London ; New York : Arnold, 1999. Boca Raton Campus Reference (Non-circulating) BF31 .S69 1999

Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of human development [electronic resource] / Neil J. Salkind, editor ; Lewis Margolis, associate editor ; managing editors, Kimberly DeRuyck and Kristin Rasmussen. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2006. Electronic Resource

required: a minimum of two subject headings and two subheadings/keywords or one subject heading and three subheadings/keywords. One subject heading and two subheadings will come from the Library of Congress list, and a minimum of one more of either, will come from your Catalog Inventory. Your reference visit may generate additional subject headings, subheadings or keywords. 

Subject Heading : (BF) Psychology

     Subheading 1:  BF697-697.5 Differential psychology. Individuality. Self

     Subheading 2: BF698-698.9 Personality

     Subheading 3: BF712-724.85 Developmental psychology, including infant psychology, child psychology, adolescence, adulthood 

1. Prompt  3/11

2. Subject Heading 3/14

3. Subheading 3/14

4. Keyword 3/14

5. Books 3/16

6. Databases 3/16

7. Journals 3/16

8. Abstracts 3/16

9. Inter-Library Loan 3/16

10. Reference Visit 3/19

11. Draft Thesis 3/24

12. Draft Abstract 3/28

13. Draft Bibliography 3/28

14. Revised- thesis, abstract, bibliography 4/23

15. Cover letter- blog 4/23

16. Cover letter- research 4/23

Psychology

I. Writing in Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences (psy 2932)

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