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4.2Assignment.LiteratureReviewDraft.docx

4.2 Assignment. Literature Review Draft

Getting Started

Writing a literature review isn’t just a way to gather information about a topic; a literature review also has several other excellent purposes. Here are a few:

· It helps improve your writing skills.

· It helps improve your critical-thinking skills.

· It helps improve your ability to organize and collate a lot of information.

· It showcases your talents of interpretation, synthetization, analysis, and developing an argument.

· It not only helps you learn the history of a topic but also provides you with ideas about gaps in a topic (that you might want to use for your capstone project, for example).

· Sometimes, it even leads to an idea for a new/revised theory or hypothesis.

Thus, while conducting all those library searches and reading many articles might seem overwhelming and tedious at times, keep in mind that you are making some history!

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

· Draft a section of a literature review.

Background Information

For this assignment, you will build on the introduction to the literature review that you submitted in Workshop Two. Keep in mind that you will be using this literature review for your capstone project. So, for example, if you are planning a capstone project topic on gratitude (it is related to positive psychology and there is a lot of research on the topic) and you want to write a series of gratitude letters to others to test the research in this area and use it as a possible intervention in your work with others as a Relationship Coach (which is one of the 12 categories), then your literature review should focus on gratitude, gratitude visits, gratitude as an intervention in life coaching.

Another example would be if you are focusing on Executive Coaching and you want to put together a series of lectures or lessons for leaders, then your literature review could focus on positive interventions for leaders or motivation or just executive coaching.

Always make sure that your focus is on life coaching and positive psychology. This assignment is a draft, so your instructor will provide suggestions that you can use as you work on your final literature review assignment that you will submit in Workshop Six. You would be wise to continue working on your literature review throughout the coming weeks so that you have a polished final product to submit in Workshop Six.

Instructions

1. In this assignment, you will add to the literature review/Assignment 2.3 introduction you submitted in Workshop Two. For this draft:

a. Ensure that your focus is on life coaching and positive psychology and relates to your capstone project. Refer to the examples provided in the Background section above for suggestions on your literature review and capstone project topic.

b. Incorporate suggestions provided by your instructor from previous submissions.

c. Locate at least three additional peer-reviewed scholarly articles (different from those used for PSY-535) related to your topic and focus.

d. Add these elements:

i. Theme A (the general category/theme of the articles included in this section of the literature review)

ii. Overview of characteristics of the theme (commonalities, differences, nuances)

iii. Sub-theme (narrow but grouped findings related to the theme)

1. Study 1 (Research question(s), Methods/Participants, Related Findings)

2. Study 2 (Research question(s), Methods/Participants, Related Findings)

3. Study 3 (Research question(s), Methods/Participants, Related Findings)

2. Your draft should be a minimum of three pages, APA formatted. Note that this is a rough draft. Your instructor will help you to strengthen it.

3. Your final literature review will need a minimum of 10 scholarly articles and corresponding references.

4.4Assignment.SummaryandThankYou.RecappingYourCuriosityConversation.docx

4.4 Assignment. Summary and Thank You. Recapping Your Curiosity Conversation

Getting Started

Positive psychology is the study of what makes life worth living. Life coaching is a way to support people in achieving their goals and their potential. Incorporating positive psychology in life coaching has been promoted by such experts as Dr. Robert Biswas-Deiner, Dr. Martin Seligman, Barbara Fredrickson, and others as a natural fit so that coaches focus on and help clients enhance their strengths, happiness, and pleasure. When clients gain a better understanding of their individual traits, they can use that understanding to not only better themselves, but also their workplace, family life, communities, and beyond!

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

· Summarize your curiosity conversation.

· Write a thank-you note to your curiosity conversation interviewee(s).

Background Information

As a culmination of your curiosity conversation, you will write a summary, as well as a thank-you note to your interviewee(s). When professionals or other individuals give their time, you are well advised to always send them a thank-you card or letter to let them know how much you appreciated their willingness to share some of their valuable time with you, as well as to acknowledge their value to your education and continuing knowledge. Not only that, but you never know how much a thank-you note could contribute to some future endeavor that the individuals who receive them might reciprocate in some way! Planting such networking seeds can sometimes make a huge difference!

Instructions

1. Write a two-page summary of the curiosity conversation you conducted for the 3.2 Assignment.

2. Write a thank-you note to your interviewee(s), expressing your gratitude for his/her time and information.

a. You must deliver this note to your interviewee via email or U.S. Postal Service, or in a personal visit.

b. When you submit this assignment to your instructor, include a copy of the note and an explanation of how and when you delivered/will deliver it to the interviewee(s).

3. When you have completed your assignments, save a copy of your summary paper and the thank-you note for yourself, then submit a copy of both to your instructor using the Assignment submission page by the end of the workshop.