Post Your Project Draft
Post a draft of your Integrative Learning Project to get constructive feedback and suggestions from your classmates.
Note: This assignment is designed to aid your progress on your project. You are not required to have a polished, final product at this stage. Feel free to share drafts or examples of your current work.
There are only two criteria to earn credit on this discussion. Both must be completed to earn any credit:
- Upload a working draft of your project to this Discussion.
- This can be any aspect of the project you are working on. Be sure to have enough material so others can give you constructive feedback.
- View at least two peers post and give constructive feedback. If possible try to pick a post that does not have a comment.
- Giving constructive feedback isn't necessarily easy, it is a skill. Just saying "I like your draft," or "Your draft is interesting" isn't enough.
Again, the criteria for this discussion is that you post a rough draft and respond to two peers with constructive feedback to receive credit for this discussion.
PSY 201 INTEGRATIVE LEARNING PROJECT
Basic Project Instructions
· Choose three topics in psychology that interest you and can be applied to our lives.
· Create an infographic to illustrate one of those psychological concepts.
· Write a two-page summary of your findings.
Purpose
Your primary goal should be to raise awareness and show how psychological concepts can be used to improve the human condition. During your study of psychology, it is important for you to consider how you can apply what you have learned. It is also important to reflect on ways that you can utilize your knowledge to benefit the broader community.
This project is a unique opportunity to apply what you are learning in PSY 201 to real life situations. It may also be applied to a future career choice. A student who is interested in nursing might create an infographic on how psychological concepts can be used to encourage regular checkups whereas a student who is interested in neuroscience or sport and exercise science might create an infographic or video on limiting brain damage from sports-related head injuries.
Instructions
This project consists of two parts. You will:
A) Create an infographic that illustrates a psychological concept and how applying it can change our lives in positive ways.
B) Write a reflection on your three topics, overall experience and skill development related to the planning and production of your project.
Where to start?
Part A: Create a Resource to Illustrate and Apply Psychology
· Choose three specific concepts (e.g., foot-in-the-door technique, Alzheimer’s prevention, bystander-effect) in psychology that interest you and research these concepts. Use your textbook.
· Choose one topic and create your infographic. Be creative! Think about your audience and check to be sure that your infographic is clear, engaging, accurate, educational, and free of errors (including spelling or grammatical errors).
· Special Note: You can’t include everything in your infographic. Include the content that you think is MOST important! You will have a chance to share more information and the other two concepts in your reflection paper.
· Research and identify one organization in the community (e.g., Sistercare, a co-worker, Department of Education) that would benefit from your infographic. This is your target audience.
· Summarize the information you have collected to use in your reflection paper.
PART B: Written Reflection and Skills Assessment
Formatting
Basic MLA should be used for this paper
· MLA formatting
· All written assignments must be in electronic format and word processed
Write a 2-page summary of your experience researching your topic, targeting your audience, and creating your resource. Be sure to include:
· The organization that you targeted for your infographic.
· Discuss the three psychological concepts you researched and how they apply to our lives. Be sure to use examples as support.
· Using The Skillful Psychology Student handout, think about the skills you developed and used while working on this project and be sure to reflect on at least two of these in your paper.
· While reviewing this project what are two things you can improve upon when working on future projects?
Submit BOTH your infographic and your 2-page reflection electronically via the Dropbox in D2L. (Make your Infographic into a PDF, save then upload into the Dropbox)
Review the Integrative Learning Project Rubric before you submit your final work.
If you use document sharing and your professor is unable to open the document share it may result in a 0 for your project. Be sure to download, save, and upload your documents into the dropbox to ensure your professor can open the document.