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PSY 108 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric Recommendations

Overview: As the final project for this course, you will choose a problem from a provided list to which you can apply the concepts or theories learned in this class. You will then develop an action plan for how you will use psychological ideas and principles in addressing the problem. This assessment will help you recognize the value of psychology, the value of supporting your claims with established views and research, and how psychology can be applied to personal situations. Prompt: For this milestone, you will develop your action plan, describing the overall plan to address the problem you chose in Milestone One, as well as proposing specific recommendations to resolve the problem. You will also explain how your action plan recommendations align with the fundamental perspectives, theories, and ethical guidelines of psychology. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

III. Action Plan: In this part of your assessment, you will develop your action plan, describing the overall plan that addresses the problem, as well as the specific recommendations as to how to improve the problem. You will explain how your action plan aligns with fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology and how your action plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology.

A. Describe your overall action plan and how it addresses the problem. B. Make recommendations as to how you could improve the identified problem. Be sure to reference how psychology is used to support the action

plan in improving the problem. C. Explain how fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology align with your action plan. D. Explain how your plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: You will upload the polished version of the Word document you downloaded from Soomo to the Blackboard submission link for instructor grading and feedback. Please see the feedback provided by your instructor in Blackboard. Your submission for Milestone Four should be 4 to 6 paragraphs in length, with 12-point Times New Roman font and double spacing. The research you have chosen should be appropriately cited using APA style and include a reference page. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Action Plan: Overall Action Plan

Describes the overall action plan and how it addresses the problem

Describes the overall action plan and how it addresses the problem but description is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not describe the overall action plan and how it addresses the problem

25

Action Plan: Recommendations

Makes recommendations as to how the problem could be improved and how psychology is used to support the recommendations in improving the problem

Makes recommendations as to how the problem could be improved but recommendations made are cursory, contain inaccuracies, or do not reference how psychology is used to support the plan in improving the problem

Does not make recommendations as to how the problem could be addressed

25

Action Plan: Fundamental Theories

and Perspectives

Explains how fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology align with the action plan

Explains how fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology align with the action plan but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not explain how fundamental theories and perspectives in psychology align with the action plan

25

Action Plan: Ethical Guidelines of Psychology

Explains how the plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology

Explains how the plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not explain how the plan aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology

15

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%