This guide is for PSYC 336 Week 7 Writing Assignment, start to submission. Your choice: a 5-page research paper on an aging topic with at least 5 references, or an 8 to 10-page life story paper about an older adult.
PSYC 336 is Gerontology, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's BS in Psychology. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as PSYC336; it is the same course.
| Course | PSYC 336 Gerontology |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 7 |
| Points | 140 points |
| Length | A 5-page research paper or an 8 to 10-page life story paper |
| Sources | At least 5 references for the research paper; none required for the life story paper |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA (research paper with title page, abstract and bibliography; life story paper with title page) |
What PSYC 336 Week 7 Writing Assignment asks for
You choose between a 5-page research paper and an 8 to 10-page life story paper. The research paper is in current APA with a title page, abstract and bibliography, which do not count toward the 5 pages, and at least 5 references. The life story paper is in current APA with a title page and needs no citations. It is due in Module/Week 7 with Quadagno chapter 11. Worth 140 points.
Where it fits in PSYC 336
In the published schedule, Writing Assignment is one of 6 graded written assignments in PSYC 336. It follows Week 5 Discussion Board Forum 3 and comes before Week 8 Field Experience Project.
How PSYC 336 Week 7 Writing Assignment is graded
Liberty grades Writing Assignment with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 140 points in the published guide. That is about 14% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in PSYC 336 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 900 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course week (except Module/Week 1) begins on Tuesday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Monday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The PSYC 336 Week 7 method, step by step
Turn the instructions into an outline
Start from the assignment instructions in Canvas. Every element the Writing Assignment instructions name becomes a heading in your outline, in the order given, and the rubric rows tell you how deep each one has to go.
Narrow the topic until it fits the length
A 5-page research paper or an 8 to 10-page life story paper is not much room. Choose a question narrow enough that you can answer it fully inside that length; a broad topic forces summary, and summary scores lower than analysis.
Collect sources before drafting
Find the sources first: At least 5 references for the research paper; none required for the life story paper. Use the Jerry Falwell Library databases, filter to peer-reviewed, and keep a table of author, year, design and finding so the paper is built from evidence instead of padded with it later.
Write a thesis that the sections prove
Draft the thesis before the body. A PSYC 336 paper reads as organized when each heading answers part of the thesis, and as a list of facts when it does not.
Draft section by section, analysis first
Write each section to answer its rubric row, then add the analysis: what the evidence means, where sources disagree, and what follows for practice. Description supports the analysis; it cannot replace it.
Format and check against the rubric
Apply current APA (title page, running format, headings, in-text citations matched to the reference list) and then read the paper once against the rubric, row by row, before you submit.
For a life story, record several conversations, organize the story by life stages and connect it to course concepts such as cohort effects and the life course perspective, even without formal citations.
A structure for PSYC 336 Week 7 Writing Assignment
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,400 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Content | Research findings or a full life story. | ~700 words |
| Connection to aging concepts | Course ideas applied. | ~420 words |
| Format | APA for the chosen option. | ~280 words |
A topic angle that works
For the research paper, choose a focused topic, such as social isolation in later life or caregiver stress, and synthesize research. For the life story, interview an older adult about their life across decades and tell it in a way that shows how historical events and life stages shaped them.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Margaret was born in 1944 and grew up on a farm without electricity until she was eight. She describes the arrival of television in 1955 as the moment the world came into her living room. Her generation's experience of rapid change, which Quadagno calls a cohort effect, shows in her openness to technology today: at 80 she video-calls her grandchildren every Sunday.
- A life stage.
- A historical event.
- A course concept.
Mistakes that cost points on PSYC 336 Week 7
- Research paper with fewer than 5 references.
- A life story without development over time.
- Wrong length for the option.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: A 5-page research paper or an 8 to 10-page life story paper
- Sources: At least 5 references for the research paper; none required for the life story paper
- Title page and reference page in current APA format
- Headings follow the order of the instructions
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
Does the PSYC 336 life story paper need citations?
No. It needs current APA format and a title page but no citations.
How many points is PSYC 336 Week 7 Writing Assignment worth?
140 points in Liberty's published course guide for PSYC 336, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 14% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is PSYC 336 Week 7 the same in every section of PSYC 336?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for PSYC 336. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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