APU PSYC102 All Assignments Latest 2018 August (Except Week 6 Assignment) Question # 00597816 Subject: Education Due on: 02/06/2019 Posted On: 02/06/2019 11:43 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.9/5

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/

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.