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PSY 560 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
This assignment will be your third milestone as you work on your final project, the theoretical analysis. In Module One, you selected a theory from the list of approved theories for the theoretical analysis. In Module Three, you completed an outline of the Background and Basics of the Theory section. In Module Five, you completed an outline of the Evaluation and Comparison section.
In this module, you will complete an outline of the Application and Conclusion section. You do not need to complete a full draft of this section; only an outline will be accepted. Please do not submit a rough draft.
This rubric will help you develop your outline for this assignment. Be sure to refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document to review the full assignment that you will submit in Module Nine and to see how your outline will be fleshed out later in the course. This will help you understand what needs to be included in your outline. Use the information you have been collecting in your annotated bibliography to support you in this milestone.
Prompt
For this assignment, you will write a draft of the Application and Conclusion section of the final project. In this assignment, you will continue your analysis of your selected theory. Your analysis will include a discussion of how the theory is currently used in the larger context of psychology. You will apply this theory to a contemporary problem or phenomenon, including an explanation of the problem, research-based solutions for the problem, and consideration of how this application of the theory contributes to the current relevance of your theory. The conclusion portion will involve a summary of the changing use of your theory over time and a consideration of the future of your theory.
- Milestone Three (Outline): Application and Conclusion
- Discuss the contemporary relevance of how your theory is used in the larger context of the field of personality psychology. Utilize current (within the last five years) research.
- Apply your theory in explaining a real-world problem or phenomenon.
- How would your key theorist(s) understand this problem in terms of its root cause and primary characteristics?
- Assess published contemporary research for solutions with the potential to address this problem or phenomenon. Does the contemporary use of your theory provide viable approaches to this problem? What are they?
- Explain how this application of your theory demonstrates the theory’s contemporary relevance and potential to advance knowledge within the field of personality psychology.
- Summarize the changing use of your theory over time, including how it compares with other theories in personality psychology.
- Consider the future relevance of this theory within the field of personality psychology. How might it develop in order to remain relevant? Be specific about aspects of the theory that are most or least likely to contribute to the future relevance of the theory.
What to Submit
Your outline must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Use the provided Milestone Three Template. Include a reference page with at least three sources cited in APA format.
Note that the grading rubric for this milestone submission is not identical to that of the final project. The Final Project Rubric will include an additional “Exemplary” category that provides guidance as to how you can go above and beyond “Proficient” in your final submission.
Milestone Three Rubric
| Criteria | Proficient (100%) | Needs Improvement (80%) | Not Evident (0%) | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application: Contemporary Relevance | Explains how this theory is currently used and how its application relates to the theory’s larger contemporary relevance in the field; utilizes current research (within five years) to support | Explains how this application relates to the theory’s larger contemporary relevance, but explanation is cursory or illogical or contains inaccuracies or insufficient research support | Does not explain how this application relates to the theory’s larger contemporary relevance | 19 |
| Application: Real-World Problem or Phenomenon | Applies selected theory in explaining a real-world problem or phenomenon, considers viewpoint of key theorist(s), and cites relevant research that suggests solutions/ explanations for the problem/phenomenon; includes discussion of how this problem/phenomenon demonstrates current relevance of the theory | Applies selected theory in explaining a real-world problem or phenomenon, but does not cite relevant research, or response is illogical or contains inaccuracies | Does not apply selected theory in explaining a real-world problem or phenomenon | 33 |
| Conclusion: Summary | Summarizes the changing use of the theory over time, including how its use compares with other theories in personality psychology | Summarizes the changing use of the theory over time, but summary is lacking in detail or contains inaccuracies | Does not summarize the changing use of the theory over time | 19 |
| Conclusion: Future Relevance of the Theory | Considers the future relevance of this theory within the field of personality psychology and how it might develop in order to remain relevant; specifics aspects of the theory that are most or least likely to contribute to the future relevance of the theory are included | Considers the future relevance of this theory within the field of personality psychology and how it might develop in order to remain relevant, but conclusions are limited or lack insight; aspects of the theory that are most or least likely to contribute to the future relevance of the theory are included but are not specific or not well considered | Does not consider the future relevance of this or how it might develop in order to remain relevant, or specific aspects of the theory are not provided | 19 |
| Articulation of Response | Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization | Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas | Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas | 10 |
| Total: | 100% |
Course Documents/Assignment Templates/PSY 560 Milestone Three Template.docx
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[Note: To complete this template, replace the bracketed text with your own content. Remove this note and all others in the template before you submit your assignment.]
Milestone Three
[Your First and Last Name]
[Course Number and Name]
[Your Instructor’s Name]
[Date Assignment Is Due]
[Note: Create an outline for this section of your final paper using an outline format. Outline format should include bulleted information with letter or number labels to indicate organization strategy.
The outline does not need to include full paragraphs.
The outline must include in-text citations for resources you intend to use in that section. Failure to use in-text citations suggests that there is no research-based support for that portion of the paper, which is likely to lead to grade penalties for that section of the rubric.
Please do not change the order of the content that is required for the assignment. However, you may add extra paragraphs for sections that require more information based on the content you wish to convey.]
Outline
Contemporary Relevance
· [Discuss the contemporary relevance of how your theory is used in the larger context of the field of personality psychology. Utilize current (within the last five years) research.]
· [Additional points of discussion—you may add or delete points in each of the outline sections]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
Real-World Problem of Phenomenon
· [Apply your theory in explaining a real-world problem or phenomenon.]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [How would your key theorist(s) understand this problem in terms of its root cause and primary characteristics?]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Assess published contemporary research for solutions with the potential to address this problem or phenomenon. Does the contemporary use of your theory provide viable approaches to this problem? What are they?]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Explain how this application of your theory demonstrates the theory’s contemporary relevance and potential to advance knowledge within the field of personality psychology.]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
Summary
· [Summarize the changing use of your theory over time, including how it compares with other theories in personality psychology.]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
Future Relevance of the Theory
· [Consider the future relevance of this theory within the field of personality psychology. How might it develop in order to remain relevant? Be specific about aspects of the theory that are most or least likely to contribute to the future relevance of the theory.]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
· [Additional points of discussion]
References
[Notes:
References must be in alphabetical order. The list of references must be on a separate page.
Use the most recent edition of the APA manual to format the references.
Use only black 12-point Times New Roman font with double spacing, a hanging indent, and one-inch margins all around. Do not change the font color and do not underline.
In the retrieval information, do not include the database. Do not include the retrieval date. Include the DOI if the article has it.
If you include the electronic location, give only the shortest, most direct link to the actual article. Include only the direct URL to the article.
Use only primary sources for your references. Ask the library for assistance in locating recent primary sources for your papers.
References must all be primary sources: scholarly, professional, academic, and peer-reviewed journal articles. Other sources are not acceptable for academic research and referencing and are not to be used for this class, such as magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, dictionaries, Wikipedia, other wikis, blogs, non-scholarly websites, or any non-scientific sources that do not provide quality researched materials (any source that does not use credible sources to support the information in the document).
For every reference in your list of references, your paper must also include the corresponding in-text citations. Make sure all citations correspond with the references and vice versa.
All references must be cited.
All citations must be referenced.
Format for Books: Last name, F. I. (Year). Title of book. Publisher. For example: Carl, J. (2011). Think sociology. Prentice Hall.
Format for Scholarly Journal Articles: Last name, F. I. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page numbers. https://doi.org/10.xxxxxxx For example: Roehl, B. Q. (1999). The rhetoric of composition: Convincing others. Journal of Composition Studies, 36(2), 132–144. https://doi.org/10190299.jocs]
