Fourth Journal: Psychological Concepts Assessment The purpose of this final refl

Fourth Journal: Psychological Concepts Assessment
The purpose of this final reflection is to: (1) offer you an opportunity to reflect on how your understanding of biological psychology has grown and changed over the course of the semester, and (2) assess your attainment of the course objectives. As a reminder, these objectives are:
a. Demonstrate an understanding of central research questions, theories, and methodologies used in the study of biological psychology.
b. Demonstrate an understanding of the main areas of biological psychology.
c. Develop skills to evaluate critically how development is influenced by contextual factors including social class, ethnicity, and family processes.
d. Develop the ability to identify, analyze, and synthesize biological psychology concepts and apply them to explain everyday events.
In order to do this, please address the following questions in a comprehensive paper (i.e., it should be an essay, not bullet-points). For full credit, make sure to: (1) be detailed and thorough in your reflection, providing specific examples from your life or the world around you, and (2) define and describe relevant concepts from the course. For full credit, make sure to connect to at least TWO concepts covered in this class over the course of the semester. You should define/describe the concepts and then explain how the concepts connect to your everyday life. For example, if you say “I can see myself using a lot of this information in the future,” make sure to elaborate. Specifically WHAT might you use and HOW do you see yourself using it?
Papers usually end up being approximately four-to-five pages in order to adequately address the prompts. Please include in-text citations and a references page at the end including ANY resources that you cite throughout (e.g., your textbook, websites, YouTube videos, etc.). See the APA resources module for more information and examples.
1. Thinking back to the beginning of the semester, how has your understanding of human development grown or changed as a result of this course? Give at least two specific examples.
2. How does this course relate to or how has this course influenced your day-to-day life? Give at least two specific examples. Consider questions such as (but not limited to):
What are some phenomena you see in everyday life that you now understand differently / better than you did before?
How have your understandings of or interactions with the others changed as a result of this course?
How has this course changed how you view or understand yourself?
Have you changed any behaviors as a result of this course?
3. How will you use what you learned in this class in your future (this can be professionally and/or personally)? Give at least two specific examples.
4. Anything else you would like to share related to human development / this class?