Case study
◾Create a 500- to 750-word case study of a real (either yourself or a willing adult volunteer) or fictitious person who has developed the competencies of their academic psychology program at * University.
◾Evaluate your real or fictitious person’s learning within the program as it contributes to the overall attainment of the institutional outcomes.
◾Include at least one personal life example and one career example of applying the competencies to resolve personal challenges and an ethical dilemma (e.g., a client or research subject reveals compromising information about a friend or family member who also happens to be someone you know in a personal/social context).
◾Create or describe a scenario in which the person wrestles with an issue related to the assigned research topic in her or his personal and/or professional life. Be specific in your discussion of the scenario and provide details demonstrating professional problem solving on the part of the person in your case study.
◾Include a section wherein your fictitious person or you articulate a personal point of view, evaluate evidence, determine options for responding and evaluate the pros and cons of the options prior to making a decision about a course of action within the scenario.
◾Conclude with how the problem was resolved and what the person learned while at * University that assisted in an effective resolution.
Websites
◦Create an annotated list of 10 to 12 reputable, professional websites (e.g., government agencies, professional organizations, professional associations…) that are relevant to psychological research and practice. Commercial or non-academic websites may not be used for this assignment.
◦Consider the merits of each website. Based on your knowledge of scholarly applications of psychological research, evaluate the use of scholarly applied psychological research and analyze the interpretations that are presented on each site.
◦The list should be in alphabetical order with each website cited according to APA style.
◦The annotations should be four to five sentences long and reflect the relevance and usefulness of each website in terms of your topics of psychological research and your professional needs.