Design, analyse and report a qualitative research project and illustrate its relevance to an area of individual differences.

On successful completion of this assessment and this module, you will have demonstrated your ability to:

 

  1. Design, analyse and report a qualitative research project and illustrate its relevance to an area of individual differences.

 

  1. Outline a future career plan and evaluate the skills developed during their psychological studies in relation to this plan.

Key dates and details

 

Assessment:

Reflective Essay

 

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Assessed module learning outcome(s):

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20%

1000 words

2

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Submission Method and Marking
Please submit your work via Turnitin.

Submissions in Turnitin and Blackboard

You must submit your work using your student number to identify yourself, not your name. You must not use your name in the text of the work at any point. When you submit your work in Turnitin you must submit your student number within the assignment document and in the Submission title field in Turnitin.

 

Description of Assessment

For this assessment, you will need to reflect on your degree experience so far and reflect on your skills in terms of strengths, weaknesses and opportunities and consider how these link to your career route/goal.

Content and detailed guidance

Your reflective essay is designed to address your personal development across your degree programme. Within this summary you will explore the requirements of your planned career route or how you will make use of your degree in your current role. You will also reflect on the skills you have developed during your time on the programme and evaluate what skills you may need to develop to progress in your degree or career route.

 

For this essay, you may find it useful to identify a job/further education, that you would be interested in progressing to within psychology; or you could also focus on your current role and how your degree impacts this, to guide your reflection. We recommend that you consider your strengths, weaknesses and opportunities to analyse your academic skills in psychology and how they apply to your progression or current role. It is recommended that you include the following in your reflective essay:

 

  • up to two strengths
  • up to two weaknesses
  • up to two opportunities

 

Unlike your other assessments, you can write in first person in your essay where appropriate. You should also aim to use wider literature to support your reflection, for example, this may include referring to relevant professional body documents or skill-based literature.

 

To help you with this assessment, you are encouraged to speak to your personal tutor about your skill development and career plans. You may also speak with your module tutor about your skill development. We would recommend speaking to other students about their plans and reflecting on these in light of your own goals.