PSY150 2023 Semester 1  Assessment 2 Task Sheet

Assessment Two

Assessment Task

Essay

Value (of total mark) 20%

Related Learning Outcome/s

1.Describe what psychologists do and the major theoretical perspectives in psychology within the science practitioner model.

Evaluate and apply major psychological concepts and theories to learning, memory, thought and language, motivation and emotion, personality, attitudes and social cognition, interpersonal processes, and health and wellbeing

Describe how core psychological concepts and theories interact in real life and apply to particular topical issues.

Review the impact of psychological frameworks of core topics to historical and contemporary socio-cultural issues and ethical practices

Due Date 5: Wednesday 5 April 2023 at 23:55 Length

2 pages excluding title page and references

Note. The setting out will make the assignment look like it is more than two pages. However, if the assessment was single spaced and all the points were placed after each other, the paper would be about 2 pages.

Assessment tasks in psychology courses can vary depending on the specific course and the instructor. They may include written assignments, research papers, presentations, exams, and participation in class discussions or group projects.

In general, assessment tasks in psychology courses are designed to help students develop critical thinking skills, research skills, and an understanding of the theories and concepts in psychology. They may also be designed to assess students' ability to apply psychological principles to real-world situations.

মনোবিজ্ঞানের কোর্সে মূল্যায়নের কাজগুলি নির্দিষ্ট কোর্স এবং প্রশিক্ষকের উপর নির্ভর করে পরিবর্তিত হতে পারে। তারা লিখিত অ্যাসাইনমেন্ট, গবেষণা পত্র, উপস্থাপনা, পরীক্ষা, এবং ক্লাস আলোচনা বা গ্রুপ প্রকল্পে অংশগ্রহণ অন্তর্ভুক্ত করতে পারে।

সাধারণভাবে, মনোবিজ্ঞানের পাঠ্যক্রমের মূল্যায়নের কাজগুলি শিক্ষার্থীদের সমালোচনামূলক চিন্তার দক্ষতা, গবেষণা দক্ষতা এবং মনোবিজ্ঞানের তত্ত্ব এবং ধারণাগুলির বোঝার বিকাশে সহায়তা করার জন্য ডিজাইন করা হয়েছে। এগুলি বাস্তব-বিশ্বের পরিস্থিতিতে মনস্তাত্ত্বিক নীতিগুলি প্রয়োগ করার জন্য শিক্ষার্থীদের দক্ষতা মূল্যায়ন করার জন্যও ডিজাইন করা হতে পারে।

Rationale:

The aim of the two written assessments is to support the development of critical thinking, writing skills, and reaching logical conclusion, while exploring a current hot topic in psychology.

The aim of Assessment 2 is to assess first step of critical thinking: gathering the information, known as critical analysis or critical data extraction. The extracted data will be used in Assessment 4.

Task:

Background: Imagine a person who is about to retire comes to you because they are concerned about their upcoming retirement. During the therapy session, the topic of volunteering in retirement is raised. You do not know much about the effects of retirement and rather than provide inaccurate information, inform the patient that you will do some research and discuss the pros and cons of volunteering in retirement at the next session. During the following week you conduct the research to explore the effects of volunteering on health and general wellbeing.

The tasks

In this assignment you will extract the critical data from three set scientific papers investigating the effects of volunteering in older adults.

You will follow the critical analysis procedures explained in the Week 2 tutorial and the self-pace learning module in the Critical Analysis folder.

To complete this assignment, you will:

use the library databases to locate the three set papers using the information below.

copy the data extraction tables used in class and mi to record your data.

record the critical data in the table and then copy the data into a dot format in a word document (see the micro tutorial on dot points for instructions).

Include a title page and reference page in APA 7th conventions.

The set papers

The information for the set papers are not in APA 7th. You need to write these references in APA 7th conventions.

• Jongenelis, MI., Jackson, B., Newton, R. U.and Pettigrew, S. Longitudinal Associations Between Formal Volunteering And Well-Being Among Retired Older People: Follow-Up Results From A Randomized Controlled Trial. Aging & Mental Health, 26(2), 368-375. [2022]
• 2020. Volunteering and subsequent health & well-being in older adults: an outcome-wide longitudinal approach. Amer J of Prevent Medicine, Issue (2), Vol 59, pp. 176-186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2020.03.004. Kim, E. S., Whillans, A. V., Lee, M. T., Chen, Y., & VanderWeele, T. J.
• Bjälkebring, P., Henning, G., Västfjäll, D., Dickert, S., Brehmer, Y., Buratti, S., ... & Johansson, B. (2021). Helping out or helping yourself? Volunteering and life satisfaction across the retirement transition. Doi: dx.doi.org/10.1037/pag0000576 119 2, Psychology and aging, 36(1), 119. https/doi.org/10.

Preparation:

There are several resources available to complete this task. Remember that this is a new skill so give yourself time to practice.

A Week 2 tutorial will focus on the how to read a scientific paper and extract critical information.

A micro-tutorial on critical analysis and data extraction in the Learnline folder, Critical Thinking Skills. The micro-tutorial includes activities which walk you through the process and procedure for reading scientific papers, locating critical information, and extracting critical information,

In addition to these resources you can upload a practice critical analysis on Padlet (the link is in the Critical Thinking Skills folder. Only use the papers set in the folder. Do not use the assessment set papers for the practice. If the Assessment papers are uploaded, they will be deleted.

Use the Critical Thinking board to ask critical analysis questions.

If needed, review the APA References, the APA Page Formatting Guide, the APA Student Title Page micro-tutorials found in the APA folder.

Presentation

The essay must be created via word processor program (i.e., Microsoft Word) Assessment setting out

Page 1. Student title page using APA 7th conventions

Page 2 etc. Each set paper is to have a separate heading, and the critical data presented in dot-point format using subheadings for each component of the analysis, and double spaced. For example

Paper authors and year of publication

Aims

Point 1

Point 2 etc.

Participants

Point 1

Point 2

Last page: References in APA conventions.

Although APA 7th accepts several different types of fonts, use Times New Roman 12 ppt for this assessment.

Refer to the Burton (2021) Interactive textbook for the student title page (see the Good Student examples in the Quantitative, and Qualitative sections and the references for referencing information. Additional information on how to avoid extra spaces between references is found in the APA page formatting Folder.

All submissions must be made through Learning to receive a valid Originality Report

Mark Allocation: Only the set papers will be marked. Papers not set will not be

marked.

Maximum Explanation

Aim 6 2 marks for each set paper

Participant description 6 2 marks for each set paper

Method 6 2 marks for each set paper

Findings 6 2 marks for each set paper

Limitations 6 2 marks for each set paper

Data Extraction Subtotal 30

Font .5 Used font as per direction

Spacing and dot points .5 As per directions

Student title page 2 100% compliance to APA 7th

conventions

References 2 100% compliance to APA 7th

conventions

Formatting Subtotal 5

Total Mark 35

Mark Allocation Table

Maximum

Mark Explanation

Aim 6 2 marks for each paper.

Participant description 6 2 marks for each paper

Method 6 2 marks for each paper

Findings 6 2 marks for each paper

Limitations 6 2 marks for each paper

Data Extraction

Subtotal 30

Font .5 Used font as per direction

Spacing and dot points .5 As per directions

Student title page 2 100% compliance to APA 7th

conventions

References 2 100% compliance to APA 7th

conventions

Formatting Subtotal 5