Critical Thinking Writing Sample

19Jan 2022 by

Instructions: Note this is needed for entrance into a Clinical Psychology PhD Program 

There are twoessay topics from which to select: Stereotype Inoculation and Concept Creep.Each article has an associated commentary. References for each primary articleand commentary article appear below. 
The criticalthinking essay assignment is as follows: Choose one primary article
         1.) Review the primary article in no more than 2 pages.
        2.) Presenttwo issues and/or arguments being raised in the commentary article.                 o  Besure to link how these two issues and/or arguments serve as counterpoints to,or modify the points in the original article.
         3.) Basedupon your experience and understanding of the differences between the twoissues/arguments you discussed, complete the paper by proposing somesuggestions for future research/analysis that could help better understand orresolve these differences.
         4.) Essay written in APA style is preferred andlength not to exceed a maximum of 5 pages. Notincluding cover page and references.
——————————————————————————The below articles are also freely available online through different sources.  
Stereotype Inoculation – Primary Article:
Dasgupta, N. (2011). Ingroup expertsand peers as social vaccines who inoculate the self-concept: The stereotypeinoculation model. Psychological Inquiry, 22(4), 231246. 

Stereotype Inoculation – Commentary Article:
Aronson, J., & McGlone, M. S. (2011).Inoculations old and new. Psychological Inquiry, 22(4), 252254. 
 
 Concept Creep – Primary Article:
Haslam, N. (2016). Concept creep: psychologysexpanding concepts of harm and pathology. Psychological Inquiry, 27(1),117. 
 
 Concept Creep-Commentary Article:
Haidt, J. (2016). Why concepts creepto the left. Psychological Inquiry, 27(1), 4045.