a psychological phenomenon or concept

applying a psychological phenomenon or concept (of your choosing) from the text to an everyday life experience or situation (again of your choosing). Excellent papers will summarize a phenomenon from the text in your own words, describe an applied setting adequately for an unfamiliar reader, and coherently apply the phenomenon of interest to this applied domain. For each of these papers, first choose a chapter from the textbook that you enjoyed. Then, pick one phenomenon, concept, or study that is described in the text. Finally, think of a situation in your everyday life that your chosen topic applies to. In the paper itself: summarize your chosen topic, describe the everyday life situation, and explain how the topic from the chapter applies to the everyday life situation. . Applicable chapters: 5, 8, 9.