last psychology project
Title: When basketball athletes get these major contracts and bankrupt after their career
Study: case study
Background and context: There are many athletes who earn 7,8,9 figures during there
career. Most are bankrupt 3-5.
What is there motivation,
Qualitative data: YouTube videos, podcast, documentaries
Main points:
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Broke nba players
rodman
AI
2
Outside influence
Personal background
Friends and family
Agents and financial consultants
Antoine Walker
3
Money over basketball
Extrinsic – outside things that are motivating the game (money)
Cheating (point shaving documentary Netflix)
Jeff Teague and gary Harris (former nba players) said they’ll take the money over
winning a championship
Intrinsic – motivated by the game
Conclusion
Every claim every citations
3 headings lit review
5 headings
References
Iverson – Documentary
30 for 30 ESPN Documentary – Broke
For the project
1. Write a paraagraph describing your topic and the rationale for your topic. Include references in
APA style.
2. Annotated Bibliography (at least seven articles). DO NOT COPY AND PASTE THE ABSTRACT.
3. Write the introduction paragraph
4. Please complete your APA formatted literature review. Please note, this is seperate from your
annotated bibliograpy. This is a literature review weaving together a story.
Non project assignments
1. If you have already completed your human subjects training and your certification is up to date,
please upload a copy of your certification. Complete lessons 1through 5 of the Human Subjects
Protections
aining/human-research-protection-foundational-training/index.html If you have not completed
your human subjects certification.
2. Please complete the tutorial and upload your certification
3. Find a study that was discussed in popular media (on the radio, newspaper, magazine, etc).
Describe how the study was discussed and provide the source. Go back and find the original
scientific article and compare and contrast how the article is presented to different audiences.
Was the information consistent or contradictory? Why? Provide a 1-2 page description and
citations. Complete a 3-5 minute presentation in class.
4. Please review the modules on APA format and take the quiz. Download your results and upload
them to Blackboard.
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