REACTION PAPER FORMAT GUIDELINES
PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN SEXUALITY
Your Name
Speaker’s Name
Today’s Date
Class Section Number
Your paper should be typed, double-spaced, grammar/spell checked, stapled and
proofread prior to giving it to your instructor. It should be written at a college level and
show detailed evidence of thoughtful reflection on the classroom presentation. Papers
not meeting all of these requirements will be returned to you and you will receive no
credit. Returned papers may not be rewritten.
These papers will be graded on a pass/fail basis. You will need four “P”s (pass) on
reaction papers to accrue 40 points. You may submit as many reaction papers as you
want until you have received your four “Ps”. You may not write papers about the last
two speakers. If you do not submit your papers “in sequence” there is a 10 point penalty
which will be subtracted for your overall grade total.
For each question, type the question, including the number of the question, and underline
it. Then type your answer.
1.
What was your personal reaction (emotional and thoughts) about what the speaker
had to say.
2.
What did you learn from this speaker that you didn’t know before the
presentation?
3.
What issues/questions do you still have after listening to the speaker?
4.
Relate at least three specific terms/concepts, (typed out directly as written on
the study guide and underlined) from the class study guides to the speaker’s
content. You may use any study guides you have received throughout the
semester. You may NOT use terms that are not on the study guides. Specifically
relate the term you have chosen, typed and underlined, to the content of the
speaker’s presentation. If the numbered concept has multiple terms, you must
address all of the terms in your answer for credit, unless you are discussing
reproductive anatomy, then each part is considered a separate term/concept. For
this question, just type “Relate at least three specific terms/concepts” *see
example below
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As an example of how to use terms/concepts in your paper, the first speaker,
Gaby, will talk about her uterus. In writing about this you would type:
Uterus: In her presentation Gaby talked about how her uterus caused her pain and
she ended up having a hysterectomy.
This would be one of your three required concepts.
YOU CAN NOT USE the word, Uterus, in your paper about Gaby, since that is the
example used here.
4A.
Do not use the same terms on different papers for different speakers.
4B
If you are closely emotionally connected to another person in the class, you must
use different terms on your papers.
5.
Explain why you think the presentation was or was not a good use of your
personal and/or class time?
6.
Any other comments?
Due dates for the papers will be announced in class. They are due at the beginning of
class. If you are more than 5 minutes late for class, your paper will not be accepted. You
may submit your paper prior to that date if you will not be in class the day they are due.
E-mailed papers must be in WORD format. If it is submitted in any other format, it will
not be accepted. Late papers are not accepted. In order for your paper to be graded, you
must bring a paper copy to the next class for your instructor. If you have any questions,
e-mail your instructor: kam.majer@gcmail.maricopa.edu