Psychology Essay

I am requesting assistance for an assignment for Social Psychology. I have the assignment instructions written below:

Instructions for your blog activity

One of the goals of this course is to help you relate the course material to the “real world”. You will find that the topics we cover are frequently mentioned in news articles and displayed on TV and in the movies.

For each portfolio blog, you will need to find an example of social psychology in the real world. Each example should relate to topics or information covered in that week’s assigned chapters. Examples can be from newspapers, magazines (either in print or on the web), TV shows, movies, books (fiction or nonfiction), or other sources approved by the professor. Note that scholarly journal articles CANNOT be used for these blogs!

For each example, you’ll need to submit a summary that addresses ALL of the following items:

1) Where did you find the material? Provide a full reference in APA format for the source (note: see the “Resources” link on the course menu for helpful APA Style resources). Also, be sure to include a web link if it’s an online source!

2) Provide a detailed description of the item. What is it?

3) How is it specifically related to the current chapters? Tie the item to our textbook. Be sure to describe/explain the relevant social psychology concept(s).

4) Evaluate the accuracy of the example or describe how it expanded your understanding of the topic.

5) Write a discussion question related to this item (or to the topic more generally). The discussion question should be one that promotes thoughtful discourse on the topic (i.e. not multiple choice). Also, write a thoughtful response to your own question.

Once you have answered all 5 items (and labeled them 1-5), go and post a thoughtful or constructive comment to someone else’s blog entry.

NOTE: AN APA-FORMATTED REFERENCE FOR #1 IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A GRADE. Also, be sure to label each response (1-5), answer all questions thoroughly, and post a comment to someone else’s blog entry in order to get full points!

Teaching Blog Grading Rubric:

Excellent (20 points)

The blog entry fully addressed all questions, was in-depth, demonstrated understanding of content, and was well-written with few or no spelling/grammatical errors. Responses were labeled 1-5. APA formatting was correct. At least one thoughtful comment was posted in response to another classmate’s blog entry. Source was NOT a journal article.

Good (18 points)

Addressed all question(s) thoroughly and demonstrated understanding of content. Was well-written with few spelling/grammatical errors. Also, responses were labeled 1-5, and APA formatting was mostly correct. A thoughtful comment was posted in response to another classmate’s blog entry. Source was NOT a journal article.

Average (16)
Mostly addressed the question(s), lacked depth/detail, incorporated some understanding of content. Responses were labeled. Had some spelling/grammatical errors. A comment may have been posted in response to another classmate’s blog entry. APA formatting had some errors. Source was NOT a journal article.

Needs Improvement (1-14)
Did not answer all question(s), was not in-depth, lacked detail, demonstrated little understanding of content, had several spelling/grammatical and/or editorial errors. Obvious spelling/grammatical errors impeded understanding. Did not properly label items #1-5 or did not utilize labels at all. No comment was posted in response to another classmate’s blog entry. Had several APA formatting errors. Source was NOT a journal article.

No grade (0)

Did not have an APA-formatted reference, used a scholarly journal article (which are not allowed as sources on the blogs), did not add a blog entry, and/or created entry but did not answer any of the required items (in other words, blog entry was blank).