Preparation
As stated in the project description, research is at the core
of psychology practice whether you conduct it yourself or apply
evidence-based strategies and techniques in your professional
practice. After developing your vision “My Personal Vision
Statement—“My career as a Cognitive Behavior Counselor began in
2003 when I was promoted with the Michigan Department of
Corrections. After an extensive training for the Thinking for a
Change evidence-based program and Substance Abuse Counselor for
adult male offenders I realized I found my calling. I re-enrolled
in college where I finished my Associates Degree in Criminal
Justice and from there a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. I took a
job for a private provider where I was able to counsel foster
children in state custody and after doing that for a couple years I
found I wasn’t happy with this career move and that’s when I found
my current job as a counselor for Young Adult male offenders with
the Tennessee Department of Corrections. My personal vision is to
use myself, life experiences, and knowledge to impact positive
attitudes with those who may cross my path in life. I wish to
inspire and motivate them to discover and develop their true
potential and live their lives to the fullest. In order for this
vision to be fulfilled, I need to finish m Master’s Degree and gain
advance evidence-based training experience so I can become more
experienced with my facilitation in this area.
Creating meaningful goals you created a research question
related to your goals and searched the literature for answers—My
Research Question “I gathered a couple of insights about depression
in my research. One is that some personalities are prone to
depression more than others especially the introverts,
perfectionists. Depression affects memory especially the part of
the memory that deals with tasks like names and places. Depression
is also linked to some diseases like heart disease, leads to faster
aging and diabetes among others (Elliott, Huizinga & Menard,
2012). The research will play a very important role in my future
career because it will help me keep up to date with current
information about depression and other illnesses. I will be able to
know the best and most modern treatments for various conditions and
their public health interventions. The research will help me
broaden my knowledge and skills as a Youth Offender Counselor.” You
practiced using critical thinking frameworks to evaluate the
relevance and quality of research and you integrated the literature
to prepare for a cohesive review.
This assignment provides an opportunity to receive feedback
to help you further refine your research interests, reflect on the
role of scholarship in your career vision, and practice evaluating
and synthesizing evidence to apply in your profession.
Your writing in this assignment should not just be a
collection of notes, lists, or questions and answers. Instead, it
should be a well-organized discussion that flows logically from one
idea to the next.
Instructions
Complete the following in your assignment template:
Introduction
State your research question and explain why it is important.
Evaluation of Sources
Synthesis of Literature Into a Cohesive Review
You should have identified at least three key themes, or
focuses of inquiry, that are relevant to your research question and
present in each article. These themes may be based on:
Related aspects of research questions.
Related or differing conclusions.
Other factors or ideas the studies have in common.
Other points of contrast between the studies.
Use concise formulations of these themes as headings for the
next sections of the paper. In these sections, compare and contrast
your resources’ positions relative to each theme, and then
synthesize your own position relative to the theme. Support your
conclusions by citing your references. However, if you find that
more research would be needed to decide a question, briefly outline
ideas of how that could be undertaken.
Discuss how you would apply these findings to your future
professional practice in psychology.
Analyze how these findings could help you accomplish the
functions, responsibilities, and ethics required of a psychology
professional. You are encouraged to cite information from your
interview with a psychology professional here; however, remember to
critically evaluate the information you use.
What techniques, strategies, and best practices are indicated
by your research?
What enhanced outcomes can be expected when they are applied?
The final step in this assignment is to describe how your
research fits into your future vision and goals for your career.
Craft additional professional goals related to this research.
Revise the vision statement you completed in Unit 3 to
integrate research and scholarship in your specialized field of
psychology.
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
Template: Use the Your Research in Psychology Template to
format your assignment.
Length: 5–7 typed and double-spaced content pages in Times
New Roman 12-point font. The title page, abstract, and reference
list are not included in this length.
References: Include a minimum of three references. Your
references may include both scholarly literature and practitioner
sources. All references need to be cited in-text, according to
current APA standards. Remember that citations are to support your
thoughts, not take the place of them!
Written communication: Must be clear, with correct spelling,
grammar, and syntax and with good organization.
Writing style: APA expectations for scholarly writing include
the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so.
However, because you are talking about yourself in this paper, you
may write in the first person.
APA formatting: Must be formatted according to APA style and
formatting and include a title page, abstract, and reference list.
Note that these three elements are not counted toward the length of
your assignment.
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