Research Paper. This option involves you writing a formal research paper on a topic in psychology that you chose and has been approved by your professor. It will be MLA or APA style and will be 8 pages of text. In addition, you will have a cover page and a reference page for a total of 10 pages. This paper must be submitted to smarthinking.com (smarthinking is located on your BC home page)prior to turning it in. You will turn in your revised/final paper with the comments from smarthinking.com attached after the reference page.