APU PSYC102 2018 August All Assignments Latest (except week 6 Assignment)

PSYC102 Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 2 Assignment

Resources:

Developmental Psychology:

http://www.thepsychfiles.com/category/topics/developmental/

http://www.apa.org/action/science/developmental/

http://careersinpsychology.org/what-is-developmental-psychology/

Personality Psychology:

http://www.thepsychfiles.com/category/topics/personality/

https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_little_who_are_you_really_the_puzzle_of_personality

http://study.com/articles/Personality_Psychologist_Job_Description_and_Education_Information.html

Biopsychology:

http://www.thepsychfiles.com/category/topics/biological-psychology/

Perception:

http://www.thepsychfiles.com/category/topics/perception/

OPTIONAL Reading: APUS library

SOKAL, M. M. (2016). Launching a Career in Psychology with Achievement and Arrogance: James McKeen Cattell at The Johns Hopkins University, 1882-1883. Journal of The History of The Behavioral Sciences, 52(1), 5-19. doi:10.1002/jhbs.21764

After reviewing and researching the above materials and any other scholarly articles you may find in our library, choose ONE of the career categories and conduct a job search. Once you have completed the job search, complete the following:

Part I:

Complete a professional Resume applying for a job in the career field you have chosen.

Part II:

Complete a cover letter justifying why you are the best candidate for the job.

Part III:

Reflection:

Using your career choice above, complete a two-page summary regarding how you see yourself in this career five years into the job. Be creative, while focusing on a typical day, including, but not limited to:

Who are your clients/colleagues?

What continuing education have you accomplished?

Location

What skills have you learned?

How has your career choice affected and shaped your personal life?

Below is a career Resume template site you may use, or you may create your own, but it must be professional. At least three academic sources should be incorporated.

https://www.livecareer.com/resume-templates

 

PSYC102 Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 4 Assignment

Week 4 Presentation:

Please use resources from Weeks 1 – 3 for this assignment. From the list below, answer the following questions in your PowerPoint presentation. This presentation should be no less than ten – twelve slides, not including title and Reference slide. Your presentation should include graphics, as well as utilizing the Note portion of the PowerPoint template. There are several YouTube tutorials available to help guide you through this presentation, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbc1HX8Jccw

Your presentation should include the following subsets of psychology: Developmental, Personality, Learning/Memory and Psychopathology, BioPsychology and Perception Psychology.

The following questions should be substantively addressed and answered.

What is your current interest in each of the above subfields of psychology covered thus far?

How can one utilize a degree in each of these fields of psychology?

What should your undergraduate degree plan be for the field that interests you the most?

Will you need to go to Graduate School to pursue these careers?

What surprised you the most about each of these fields?

Thinking about the career field that interests you the most, what do you believe you will have to improve upon to meet or exceed expectations?

The last two – four slides of your presentation should substantively summarize what you found most interesting while completing this assignment and at least one element you learned during this assignment of which you can benefit in knowing more.

Your presentation should include:

Title Slide

Body of slides, with Note portions (8-10 slides)

Conclusion/Summary (2-4 slides)

Reference Slide (at least three academic references)

 

PSYC102 Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 6 Essay Assignment

Review the material and deliverables from our Syllabus and Lessons.

Essay should include title page, abstract, body (5-page minimum with sub-categories), summary/conclusion and reference page (at least three academic references), per APA guidelines.

Please provide subcategories studied thus far for each of our career fields.

Developmental Psychology

Personality Psychology

Biopsychology

Perception Psychology

Learning/Memory Psychology

Psychopathology

Industrial Organized Psychology

Social Psychology

For each of the career fields, please explain:

What type of work is involved in each career field. Provide examples.

The opportunities available within the fields

Level of education one must achieve in each of these career fields

Typical work setting. Provide examples.

Average incomes

Your biggest take-away learned from each career field

 

 

 

 

PSYC102 Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 7 Capstone Presentation

For our Week 7 Assignment/Capstone project, from our discussions these past weeks describe your psychology career choice, e.g.  clinical psychologist, school psychologist, psychology professor, research psychologist in a university hospital, etc. and respond to the questions below based on what you have learned about that job from your research in class. Imagine you have just completed your first year in your first job with any one of the career fields we have covered.

In a twenty slide PowerPoint presentation (not including title or Reference slide), please address the following:

Discuss your goals and expectations for your first year in this career field.

What is the focus of your interaction with your clients?

Explain a typical day in this future career.

What is most rewarding about this first year? Why?

What conflicts in your career do you believe you will encounter in this first year? How will these conflicts be resolved?  (Be elaborative. A great rule to remember is “who, what, where, when, how”).

What is your annual salary and has it met your expectations? Why or why not?

What part of your education has benefitted you the most in achieving this career?

What type of continuing education are you required to complete to maintain credentials/expertise and grow in this career choice?

Your presentation should include a title slide, Body of presentation, including in text citations, NOTES, Conclusion/Summary, Reference slide (at least three academic references), per APA.