Paper Guideline
Form
A research proposal, 5 pages double-spaced (1 inch margins) in 12pt Times New Roman. Depending on the topic of your choice (Emotions or cross-cultural studies)
Content
This proposal should describe novel research of your design pertaining to infancy.
The paper should include the following sections:
(1) Your Specific Question for the research
What is the purpose of your proposal? What specific question do you want to answer?
(2) A description of the Background for the research
What previous research has been done on the topic? (this can be based on lecture, text, or outside material). How will your proposal go beyond this research?
(3) A description of the Methodology of the research
What is your hypothesis? How will you study this? Clearly describe the logic of your method.
(4) Prediction and Conclusion
How will the results of your proposed study inform your hypothesis?