Common Reader Course_PSY 4480_Common Assignment 2:
Relating Psychological Perspectives to the Common Reader Book
Senior students should have a good view of the different psychological perspectives and top
psychologists in the fields: Psychodynamic, behaviorist, humanistic, cognitive, biopsychologyneuroscience, social & cultural, industrial/organizational, and evolutionary.
1. Students will select at least one psychological perspective and relate it to the new common reader
book.
2. Students will write a 3 to 4 page APA style review (plus title and reference pages; 750 word
minimum)
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Discuss one perspective with supportive scientific, theory-based evidence.
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Explain how it is related to the common reader book.
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Relate the psychological perspective to your own views.
USE BASIC APA 6TH ED STYLE MANUAL FOR YOUR PAPER:
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12-point Times New Roman font, double-space, and one-inch margins on each side.
Include in-text citations for your sources based on APA 6th Ed Style Manual
A separate APA style references page in APA 6th Ed Style Manual
Make sure that each of your references is cited in your text.
Conversely, each citation in your text must have a corresponding reference.
Your submitted paper will consist of the title page, 3-4 pages of text, and a references page
at minimum.
A rubric is located below. This rubric provides you with grading expectations/assessment
criteria. Assessment points and grading points may differ.
Adhere to the College of Education’s plagiarism guidelines included in this syllabus.
3. Students then upload the Common Reader Assignment 1 via LiveText and Blackboard in the
Assignment tab. Assignments not submitted to LiveText will not be graded.
Common Reader_PSY 4480_Common Assignment 2:
Relating Psychological Perspectives to the Common Reader Book
Task Category
APA Style:
appropriate
application (i.e.,
margins, font –
12pt. Times
Roman, etc.),
appropriate citation
of sources (student
paraphrases and
knows how to use
direct quotes);
appropriate
Exceptional
Above Average
Average
Below Average
(90 – 100%) 4
(80-89%) 3
(70 – 79%) 2
(69% or less) 1
Student
demonstrated a
mastery of APA
style; journal
review was well
organized and
substantiated;
paper was well
written
Student
demonstrated
an above
average
understanding of
APA style; some
citation or
structure errors
were present;
some
grammatical
Student
demonstrated a
basic
understanding
of APA style
(e.g., margins
may be
appropriate, but
citations, where
required, were
not accurate);
grammatical
Student did not
demonstrate an
understanding of
APA style, errors of
font, citations, and
structural problems
hinder reading of
paper
mechanical
structure
(grammar, spelling,
etc.)
problems
problems are
more visible.
Information is
very well
organized,
summary
includes
meaningful subheadings
Information is
organized with
wellconstructed
paragraphs
Information is
organized in
some form but
is very basic
Information is
poorly organized
Paper includes
relevant evidence
about one
perspective or
more areas that
are required in
the assignment
Paper includes
relevant
evidence about
one perspective
required in the
assignment
Paper includes
marginally
relevant
evidence about
most of the
areas required
in the
assignment
Paper does not
include relevant
evidence about
most of the areas
required in the
assignment.
APA
6.2
6.3
6.4
7.1
SLO
8
Organization of
paper review and
summary
APA
7.1
SLO
10
Quality of Content
and review of one
perspectives
APA
1.1
1.4
3.1
4.1
SLOs
2
3
4
9
Relates
psychological
perspective to the
common reader
Paper includes a
very insightful
comparison of the
perspectives to
the common
reader
Paper mentions
adequately the
comparison of
perspectives to
the common
reader
Paper mentions
some
comparisons of
the perspective
to the common
reader, but it is
either brief or
unclear
Paper does not
mention perspective
comparisons to the
common reader or
misrepresents the
relationship.
Exceptional
explanation of
many insights
learned and how
to apply what is
learned from the
integration of
theory and
material
presented in the
COE Common
Reader
Above average
explanation of
some insights
learned from the
integration of
theory and
material
presented in the
COE Common
Reader
Basic
explanation of
what was
learned from
the integration
of theory and
material
presented in the
COE Common
Reader
No explanation of
what was learned
from the integration
of theory and
material presented
in the COE Common
Reader
APA
3.2
3.3
6.1.c (3)
7.1
SLOs
8
9
Explanation of how
student can use
what was learned.
APA
1.3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
8.3
8.5
8.6
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
SLO
7
8