Review Manuscript
The culminating assignment is a manuscript that reviews the literature on a topic within social or personality psychology. Your review must be written in APA style and format, comprising a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 pages of text (i.e., exclusive of title page, abstract, references, notes, tables, figures, and the like). In addition to consultation with your faculty mentor, you will find useful information about writing a review manuscript in these documents:
Bem, D. (1995). Writing a review article for Psychological Bulletin. Psychological Bulletin, 118, 172-177. 
"Writing a Psychology Literature Review," University of Washington Psychology Writing Center: http://web.psych.washington.edu/writingcenter/writingguides/pdf/litrev.pdf
"The Literature Review," Deakin University Library: http://www.deakin.edu.au/library/findout/research/litrev.php
"The Writer's Handbook: Learn How to Write a Review of the Literature," The Writing Center @ University of Wisconsin-Madison: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/ReviewofLiterature.html
I will provide additional information about the review manuscript toward the middle of the semester. A key issue is that your review must have a point; that is, it must do more than just provide a synopsis of all the published studies on the topic you have chosen. I strongly recommend that you consult with your faculty mentor early in the semester both to identify a topic and to develop an angle that will guide your organization and synthesis of the literature on the topic. You will be asked to hand in several preliminary documents (e.g., topic area, outline) during the latter half of the semester to ensure that you are on course to develop a high quality manuscript by the time it is due, 5:00 on Friday, December 9.
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