Psychology Bias In The Workplace Summarization

PSY 108 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Credible Evidence Evaluation

Overview: As the final project for PSY 108, 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 select two of the provided sources related to the problem you described in Milestone One and summarize and evaluate each. The summary will identify fundamental underlying concepts of psychology present in the source. Additionally, you will evaluate the source according to the ethical guidelines of psychology. For each source, you will write two to three paragraphs and follow APA style with a reference page. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Getting Started: In this part of the assessment, you will explore the research you have encountered in this course and that you have selected to determine the credibility of the research and how the research aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology. Your exploration of the research in this section of the assessment will help inform the decisions you make about your action plan and help you consider the value of credibility and following ethical guidelines in research.

A. Select research from the provided resources that will support your plan and explain how the research is credible. B. Explain how you discerned the credibility of the research provided. C. Discuss how using credible evidence will support your action plan. D. Explain how the research aligns with fundamental theories discussed in the course. E. Describe how the research 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 appropriate Blackboard submission link for instructor grading and feedback. Please see the feedback provided by your instructor in Blackboard. Your submission for Milestone Two should be 4 to 6 paragraphs in length (2 to 3 paragraphs for each source), 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

Getting Started: Credible

Selects research that will support plan and explains how the research is credible

Selects research that will support plan and explains how the research is credible, but research selected is misaligned with plan or explanation is cursory or inaccurate

Does not select research that will support plan

20

Getting Started: Discerned

Explains how the credibility of the research presented in the course was discerned

Explains how the credibility of the research presented in the course was discerned, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not explain how the credibility of the research presented in the course was discerned

20

Getting Started: Credible Evidence

Discusses how using credible evidence will support the action plan

Discusses how using credible evidence will support the action plan, but discussion is cursory or illogical

Does not discuss how using credible evidence will support the action plan

20

Getting Started: Fundamental Theories

Explains how the research connects with fundamental psychological theories

Explains how the research connects with fundamental psychological theories, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not explain how the research connects with fundamental psychological theories

20

Getting Started: Ethical Guidelines

Describes how the research aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology

Describes how the research aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology, but description is cursory or contains inaccuracies

Does not describe how the research aligns with the ethical guidelines of psychology

10

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