Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Define the word ‘psychology’
• 1.2 Understand the emergence of psychology as a discipline.
• 1.3 Describe the theoretical approaches or orientations within psychology.
• 1.4 Analyse how key concepts in psychology relate to current and contemporary issues in modern society.
• 2.1 Explain the basic principles and assumptions of theoretical approaches to psychology.
• 2.2 Assess how the basic principles and assumptions underpin theoretical approaches to psychology.
• 3.1 Assess how appropriate it is to use the scientific method to study human behaviour and cognitive processes.
• 4.1 Identify the ethical issues surrounding research with human participants and non-human participants.
• 4.2 Analyse the ethical issues surrounding research with human participants and non-human participants.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials