In Chapter 1, you learned about 11 of the subdivisions (branches) within the field of Psychology. These are…
Biopsychology and Evolutionary Psychology
Sensation and Perception
Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Personality Psychology
Social Psychology
Industrial-Organizational Psychology
Health Psychology
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Forensic Psychology
After reading about each of these branches in Chapter 1, choose the one (from the list above) that is most interesting to you and write an essay that addresses the following…
Describe the branch of Psychology that you chose (cite your text).
Explain why you chose this branch of Psychology. Why is it interesting to you?
Describe three ways in which you think learning about this branch of Psychology might benefit you and why. Here you can refer to your personal life, your education, or your job/career. How will learning about this branch of Psychology improve your personal life or relationships? How will it make you a better student? A better employee? Better at your future career?
I expect a general 5-paragraph essay here. A 5-paragraph essay consists of…
Paragraph 1: Introduction – Describe the branch of Psychology you chose (citing your text) and why you find it interesting. Include your thesis statement and introduce all major topics your essay will cover (the three benefits you plan to discuss).
Paragraph 2: Body paragraph 1 (The first way learning about your chosen branch of Psychology would benefit your life. Explain. Give examples and details.)
Paragraph 3: Body paragraph 2 (The second way learning about your chosen branch of Psychology would benefit your life. Explain. Give examples and details.)
Paragraph 4: Body paragraph 3 (The third way learning about your chosen branch of Psychology would benefit your life. Explain. Give examples and details.)
Paragraph 5: Conclusion (Wrap up the essay by summarizing the main points. Remember to re-state what you said in the introduction, but use different words)
I expect details and examples. Please elaborate and show me that you understand your chosen branch of Psychology well enough to apply it to your life.
Reminders…
This is a writing emphasis course which means you are required to successfully essays throughout the course. As you should have noticed on the syllabus, these writing assignments make up a large percentage of your final grade in this course and it is important to put forth your best effort.
*You are expected to cite all sources you use in these essays and to use APA format. See documents “APA Guidelines” and “APA Tip Sheet” to understand how to properly cite sources in APA format. You can also use the APA template and Sample APA essay. These documents are located in the course files and in Modules.
*Please see the rubric below and make sure you understand these general writing requirements. Ask me if you have any questions.
I will mark down for formatting, spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. so please pay attention to these aspects of your writing. I highly suggest using the PSC Writing Center for help.
The APA citation for your textbook is below.
Spielman, R. M., Jenkins, W. J., & Lovett, M. D. (2020). Psychology (2nd ed.). Rice University: OpenStax.
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