Final Project Guidelines

Overview

Psychology is a fascinating field because of its application to virtually any life experience or situation. In this course and throughout your work on this assessment,you will recognize the practical application of psychology in many different aspects of your life.

Hopefully, this application of the perspectives, theories, and  research in psychology will help you not only better approach problems in your personal or professional experience, but improve those situations.

Not only does  psychology help us to better understand others and the world around us, but it also gives us tools to improve the way in which we handle certain situations.

For this assessment, you will choose a problem from the provided list to which you can apply the concepts and theories learned in this class. You will then develop an action plan for how you will use psychological ideas and principles in addressing the problem.

This assessment will help you recognize the value of psychology, the value of supporting your claims with established views and research, and how psychology can be applied to personal situations. Below is the list of problem choices for your final project:

Suicide by LGBT Youth: How can psychological research, theories, and perspectives be used to decrease suicide rates among LGBT youth?

Childhood Obesity: How can psychological research, theories, and perspectives be used to help parents improve childhood obesity rates?

Prescription Drug Abuse Among Rural Teens: How can psychological research, theories, and perspectives be used to reduce prescription drug abuse among rural teens?

Veterans With PTSD and Stigma: How can psychological research, theories, and perspectives be used to decrease stigma for veterans with PTSD seeking treatment?

Bias in the Workplace: How can psychological research, theories, and perspectives be used to reduce bias in workplace hiring and promotion?

Raising an Aggressive Child: How can psychological research, theories, and perspectives be used to help parents reduce aggression in young children?

This assessment addresses the following course outcomes:

Explain how fundamental theories and perspectives in the field of psychology can be utilized to approach personal and professional problems

Determine the credibility of sources in psychology for supporting claims with appropriate evidence

Develop basic recommendations for improving problems experienced by individuals, families, groups, or communities that are supported by fundamental theories and perspectives in the field of psychology

Explain how research and plans supported by psychological theory and perspectives align with the ethical guidelines of psychology

Prompt

For this assessment, you will explore the theories, research, and perspectives used in psychology and discussed in this course to support an action plan you develop that addresses a problem experienced by individuals, families, groups, or communities. You must be able to relate this problem to psychological theories, research, and perspectives discussed in the course.

You will review the research provided to determine the value of credibility in research and how the research aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology. You will then develop an action plan that makes recommendations to address and improve the problem.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Getting Started: In this part of the assessment, you will explore the provided research to determine its credibility and how it aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology.

A. Describe the problem experienced by individuals, families, groups, or communities that your plan will be attempting to improve.

B. Select research from the provided resources that will support your plan, and explain how the research is credible.

C. Explain how you discerned the credibility of the research provided.

D. Discuss how using credible evidence will support your action plan.

E. Explain how the research aligns with fundamental theories discussed in the course.

F. Describe how the research aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology.

II. Plan Support: In this part of the assessment, you will identify theories and perspectives in psychology that will support your future action plan.

A. Identify relevant fundamental theories in psychology discussed in the course which could be applied to address the problem.

B. Describe how you would apply these fundamental theories in psychology to address the problem.

C. Explain how you can use the perspectives of psychologists in different subject areas within the field to approach your problem.

D. Describe the ethical implications that will need to be considered in the creation of your action plan.

III. Action Plan: In this part of your assessment, you will develop your action plan, describing the overall plan that addresses the problem, as well as the specific recommendations as to how to improve the problem. You will explain how your action plan aligns with fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology and how your action plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology.

A. Describe your overall action plan and how it addresses the problem.

B. Make recommendations as to how you could improve the identified problem. Be sure to reference how psychology is used to support the action plan in improving the problem.

C. Explain how fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology align with your action plan.

D. Explain how your plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology.

Milestone

Recommendations

Overview: As the final project for this course, you will choose a problem from a provided list to which you can apply the concepts or theories learned in this class.

You will then develop an action plan for how you will use psychological ideas and principles in addressing the problem. This assessment will help you recognize the value of psychology, the value of supporting your claims with established views and research, and how psychology can be applied to personal situations.

Prompt: For this milestone, you will develop your action plan, describing the overall plan to address the problem you chose in Milestone One, as well as proposing specific recommendations to resolve the problem.

You will also explain how your action plan recommendations align with the fundamental perspectives, theories, and ethical guidelines of psychology.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

III. Action Plan: In this part of your assessment, you will develop your action plan, describing the overall plan that addresses the problem, as well as the specific recommendations as to how to improve the problem.

You will explain how your action plan aligns with fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology and how your action plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology.

A. Describe your overall action plan and how it addresses the problem.

B. Make recommendations as to how you could improve the identified problem. Be sure to reference how psychology is used to support the action plan in improving the problem.

C. Explain how fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology align with your action plan.

D. Explain how your plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology.

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