Final Project Overview
In this course, in lieu of a final exam, you will complete a final project. This project will be completed in 4 parts, with each part due at the end of units 1-4 of the course, and the final submission unit 5. The project will enable you to demonstrate mastery of each weeks objectives with your ability to connect learning to your professional and personal life.
For this project, you will use credible and scholarly research to demonstrate critical thinking about aspects of psychology that apply to real-life situations.
Project element
Due by
Grading Criteria
Unit 1: Psychological Perspectives
End of unit 1
Describe how a perspective in psychology explains the onset, development or expression of symptoms of the disorder you have selected. Example: How would a Behaviorist explain why the symptoms of depression develop?
Perspectives in psychology include: psychoanalytic, behaviorist, humanistic, evolutionary, biological or functionalist.
The weekly preps are worth 5% of the final course project grade.
Unit 2: Memory Process
End of unit 2-
Identify how the disorder would affect the encoding, storage or retrieval stage. And/or explain how the disorder influences perception. The weekly preps are worth 5% of the final course project grade.
Unit 3: Cognitive Development
End of unit 3-
Explain how symptoms of a disorder may be learned through one type of behavioral learning theory. The weekly preps are worth 5% of the final course project grade.
Unit 4: Social and Personal Development
End of unit 4-
Explain the connection between a concept in social psychology (conformity, obedience, compliance, stereotypes, prejudice) and the selected disorder. The weekly preps are worth 5% of the final course project grade.
Unit 5: Final Submission
End of unit 5- Sunday,
Create an 9-12 slide power point presentation. The final project is worth 20% of your course grade.
Part 1: In unit 1, you will review psychological perspectives.
Part 2: In unit 2, you will review the memory process and perception
Part 3: In unit 3, you will review three major learning theories.
Part 4: In unit 4, you will review concepts in social psychology.
In unit 5, you will put it all together and explore treatment options.
Grading will be based according to the rubric below.
Final Project Rubric
Criteria
Points
Includes all components of project including all final project preps
Project includes 9-12 slides AND/OR all (4) final prep project assignments were submitted
10 pts.
Project includes 6-8 slides AND/OR many (3) final prep project assignments were submitted
6 pts.
Project includes 5-3 slides AND/OR some (1-2) final project prep assignments were submitted
3 pts.
Project includes less than 2 slides AND/OR no final project prep assignments were submitted
0 pts.
10 pts.
Description of disorder (category, symptoms, prevalence)
Project includes at least 2 slides describing a disorder in detail to include symptoms and prevalence, etc.
20 pts.
Project includes 1 slide OR 2 slides regarding the disorder, but description lacks detail.
15 pts.
Project includes 1 or 2 slides regarding the disorder, but significantly lacks detail and/or is incorrect
10pts.
No description of disorder
0pts.
20 pts.
Description of psychological perspective
Thoroughly describes how a specific perspective in Psychology would explain the disorder.
10 pts.
Describes how a specific perspective in Psychology would explain the disorder. but description lacks detail
6 pts.
Describes how a specific perspective in Psychology would explain the disorder but is incorrect
3 pts.
No description of psychological perspective
0 pts.
10 pts.
Description of how perceptions and/or memories are impacted in disorder
Project includes 1-2 slides thoroughly describing how perceptions and/or memory are impacted in the disorder
10 pts.
Project includes 1-2 slides describing how perceptions and/or memories are impacted in the disorder, but lacks detail
6pts.
Project includes 1-2 slides describing how perceptions and/or memories are impacted in the disorder, but is incorrect.
3 pts.
No description of how perceptions and/or memories are impacted
0 pts.
10 pts
Description of how symptoms may have been learned.
Project includes 1-2 slides thoroughly describing how symptoms have been learned through the process of one or more behavioral learning theories.
10 pts.
Project includes 1-2 slides describing how symptoms have been learned through the process of one or more behavioral learning theories but lack elaboration/ detail.
6 pts.
Project includes 1-2 slides describing how symptoms have been learned through the process of one or more behavioral learning theories but is incorrect.
3 pts.
No slide describing how symptoms have been learned included.
0 pts.
10 pts.
Description of how concepts in social psychology relates to the disorder.
Project includes 1-2 slides thoroughly describing the connection between the disorder and a concept in social psychology.
10 pts.
Project includes 1-2 slides describing the connection between the disorder and a concept in social psychology but lacks elaboration/detail.
6 pts.
Project includes 1-2 slides describing the connection between the disorder and a concept in social psychology but is incorrect.
3 pts.
No description of the connection between the disorder and a concept in social psychology.
0 pts.
10 pts.
Description of potential treatments
Project includes 1 slide noting several treatment options AND thoroughly describing a treatment based on the psychological perspective selected in Week One.
10 pts.
Project includes 1 slide noting several treatment options including one treatment based on the psychological perspective selected in Week One but lacks detail for this option.
6 pts.
Project includes 1 slide noting several treatment options but does NOT include one treatment based on the psychological perspective selected in Week One.
3 pts.
No description of potential treatment options.
0 pts.
10 pts.
Grammar/Mechanics
Project is free of grammar/spelling errors
Project has minimal grammar/spelling errors
Project has several grammar/spelling errors
No project submitted.
10 pts.
References
Provides at least 1 academic reference in correct APA formatting and cited within the body of the project.
10 pts.
Provides at least 1 reference, but is incorrectly formatted AND/ OR not cited within the body of the project.
6 pts.
Provides at least 1 reference but it is formatted incorrectly AND is not academic (ie: Wikipedia)
3 pts.
No references provided
0 pts.
10 pts.
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