APU PSYC102 All Weeks Forums Latest 2018 August Question # 00597811 Subject: Education Due on: 02/06/2019 Posted On: 02/06/2019 11:33 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.5/5

PSYC102
Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 1
Forum

Self-Introduction & What is Psychology Not?

This week’s Forum consists of two parts; an introduction and
a substantive question to answer.

Part I: Please answer
the following questions as part of your introduction.

Who are you? Where
are you from and where are you currently residing?

What are your learning goals for this course? This needs to
be more than doing well in the course and/or earning a good grade–what
specifically do you hope to learn.

Part II: What is
Psychology Not?

Without doing any reading or research in advance (this is
not a test of what you can find out—there will be plenty of time for doing that
in the remaining course weeks) reflect on your current understanding and
knowledge of the following: What is psychology not?

PSYC102
Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 2
Forum

Developmental and Personality Psychology Reflection

For this Forum, in your Initial Post you will share with
your classmates your observations from your research on Developmental and
Personality Psychology as subspecialties and career options.

Please be sure to address BOTH subspecialties in your
response to each question. Points will be
deducted if both subspecialties are not clearly and separately addressed for
each question.

1) After researching these areas, do you find them to be
career possibilities you are interested in or careers that don’t capture your
interest? Why or why not?

2) What is at least one interesting thing you learned about
each of the two subspecialties that you did not previously know?

3) Describe a “real-world” application for each of the two
subspecialties. How could knowledge
gained through the pursuit of each subspecialty help us to understand everyday
problems, dilemmas, or situations?
Note: your answer does not have
to be specific to psychology as a field.
Think broadly; psychological principles can apply to many different
fields.

PSYC102
Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 3
Forum

Biopsychology and Perception Psychology Reflection

For this Forum, in your Initial Post you will share with
your classmates your observations from your research on Biopsychology and
Perception Psychology as subspecialties and career options.

Please be sure to address BOTH subspecialties in your
response to each question. Points will
be deducted if both subspecialties are not clearly and separately addressed.

1) After researching these areas, do you find them to be
career possibilities you are interested in or careers that don’t capture your
interest? Why or why not?

2) What is at least one thing you learned about each of the
two subspecialties that you did not previously know?

3) Describe a “real-world” application for each of the two
subspecialties. How could knowledge
gained through the pursuit of each subspecialty help us to understand everyday
problems, dilemmas, or situations?
Note: your answer does not have
to be specific to psychology as a field.
Think broadly; psychological principles can apply to many different
fields.

PSYC102
Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 4
Forum

Learning/Memory and Psychopathology Reflection

For this Forum, in your Initial Post you will share with your
classmates your observations from your research on Learning/Memory and
Psychopathology as subspecialties and career options.

Please be sure to address BOTH subspecialties in your
response to each question. Points will
be deducted if both subspecialties are not clearly and separately addressed.

1) After researching these areas, do you find them to be
career possibilities you are interested in or careers that don’t capture your
interest? Why or why not?

2) What is at least one thing you learned about each of the
two subspecialties that you did not previously know?

3) Describe a “real-world” application for each of the two
subspecialties. How could knowledge
gained through the pursuit of each subspecialty help us to understand everyday
problems, dilemmas, or situations?
Note: your answer does not have
to be specific to psychology as a field.
Think broadly; psychological principles can apply to many different
fields.

PSYC102
Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 5
Forum

Investigation of Applying to Graduate Programs in Psychology

Last week, we took a brief break from focusing on specific
psychology subspecialties to talk about career options. There are numerous sources within the Course
Syllabus that you may access to help you as you think about your own interests
and goals.

For this purpose of this week’s Forum discussion, we will
assume that students in this course are interested in psychology-related
careers. As you’ve discovered by now,
the majority of these fields prefer graduate degree holders (there are, of
course, opportunities for Bachelor’s level degree holders, but the number of
opportunities open widely for those with graduate degrees).

Please explore the following website from the American
Psychological Association (APA) before answering the below questions:

http://www.apa.org/education/grad/applying.aspx

Based upon your research on this website, please answer the
following questions:

1. Generally
speaking, what pieces of information are applicants to graduate programs in
psychology required to provide (e.g., academic information, standardized
testing, recommendations, personal information, etc…)?

2. What are the costs
for graduate programs? What types of
financial aid are available? What are
other options (e.g., merit fellowships, assistantships, outside
employment)? How much debt do graduate
students generally take on and does that vary based on degree (masters vs.
doctoral) or program (e.g., Ph.D. vs. Psy.D.)?

3. What about
accreditation? How important is it? How can prospective students differentiate
between quality programs and programs that could actually hinder their chances
for professional internships or future employment?

PSYC102
Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 6
Forum

Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology Reflection

For this Forum, in your Initial Post you will share with
your classmates your observations from your research on
Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology as subspecialties and career
options.

Please be sure to address BOTH subspecialties in your
response to each question. Points will
be deducted if both subspecialties are not clearly and separately addressed.

1) After researching these areas, do you find them to be
career possibilities you are interested in or careers that don’t capture your
interest? Why or why not?

2) What is at least one thing you learned about each of the
two subspecialties that you did not previously know?

3) Describe a “real-world” application for each of the two
subspecialties. How could knowledge
gained through the pursuit of each subspecialty help us to understand everyday
problems, dilemmas, or situations? Note: your answer does not have to be specific to
psychology as a field. Think broadly;
psychological principles can apply to many different fields.

PSYC102
Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 7
Forum

Experimental and Forensic Psychology Reflection

For this Forum, in your Initial Post you will share with
your classmates your observations from your research on Experimental and
Forensic Psychology as subspecialties and career options.

Please be sure to address BOTH subspecialties in your
response to each question. Points will
be deducted if both subspecialties are not clearly and separately addressed.

1) After researching these areas, do you find them to be
career possibilities you are interested in or careers that don’t capture your
interest? Why or why not?

2) What is at least one thing you learned about each of the
two subspecialties that you did not previously know?

3) Describe a “real-world” application for each of the two
subspecialties. How could knowledge
gained through the pursuit of each subspecialty help us to understand everyday
problems, dilemmas, or situations?
Note: your answer does not have
to be specific to psychology as a field.
Think broadly; psychological principles can apply to many different
fields.

PSYC102
Professional Careers and Education in Psychology

Week 8
Forum

“Take-aways,” and Future Research Strategies

Part I: Share with
your classmates three “take-aways” from your learning experience in
the course that you found particularly illuminating and/or surprising and that
you can use in your continued APUS studies or can see yourself finding useful
after graduation.

Part II: Whether you
choose to pursue a field related to psychology as your future career or not,
hopefully you have learned how to research careers and how to begin to lay out
a path toward your future career. Name
at least two strategies you intend to use to help map out your professional
path as you are working on your degree.
Such strategies could include a variety of methods, potentially
including identifying people in the field to interview, targeting specific
websites to study, and/or using social media platforms to seek out professional
opportunities. Share with your
classmates, as we can all learn from each other.