“Why do I have to take Psychology anyway for my degree? How will you use Psychology in your career and your life? “
Order Description
The first part of the assignment will require you to use critical thinking skills and writing ability to answer one relevant important question: “Why do I have to take Psychology anyway for my
degree? How will you use Psychology in your career and your life? “
Students will need to clearly identify their career and why they have chosen it and then explain how what you have learned in psychology will enhance your career and your life. If you are
undecided, you can choose a hypothetical career you have an interest in.
I am getting a degree in culinary and the art of baking. So, the career that the essay needs to focus on is culinary.
Your paper will make use of two sources:
1. The first source is your textbook itself. The textbook is ( WEITEN/HAMMER/DUNN ADJUST STUDENT EDITION) You will select FOUR PSYCHOLOGY concepts/topics from at least two different chapters to
focus on in your paper in answering the questions above.
2. The second source is an article from a refereed (peer-reviewed) journal (preferably an American Psychological Association journal published within the last five years) which addresses one of the
psychological concepts or topics relevant to your intended career.
3. In discussing information from your text, you must reference the appropriate chapters, identify and define each relevant concept, and explain why the psychological concepts you focus on are or
will be relevant to your career and your future life. You will be expected to use specific examples of how the concepts will be relevant to your career. Merely saying a concept is important is not
sufficient. You must be specific about how it will benefit you in your career.
(For example: If you are in Dental Hygiene, you may use psychological concepts in dealing with your patient’s anxiety and stress about a certain procedure).
For the journal article, you will be integrating the article and its content into your paper to highlight its significance to your chosen field of study rather than merely citing it. You will be
using the journal article to discuss its relationship to one of the concepts or topics you have selected as important to your career. Note that you will be discussing the article and the
implication of its findings for your career in some detail, not merely mentioning it in passing.
(For example: In the example about anxiety in the dental hygiene field, I might research articles about how anxiety affects dental outcomes?).
Your paper must be completed using APA formatting style which includes:
1. A title page with the title in the middle of the page
2. Page numbering in the upper right corner beginning with 1 on the title page
3. In-text citations in APA format (that means the citation follows either the quote or the paraphrase of the information provided)
4. A reference page at the end (called References) in APA format.