Describes an event or observation you think is relevant to class material.

The Assignment: This reflection should incorporate your own experiences, observations, and interpretations. One way to describe the assignment is to define what it is not. It is not a diary – a regular recording of one’s activities, thoughts, and dreams. It is not a log of daily activities. It is not a psychological journal designed to track inner feelings and psychological states. Instead, it is an intellectual exercise in which you will describe and explain your own experiences and observations from a psychological perspective.
Purpose: There are three purposes to this assignment. First, one important objective for this course is to help you learn to apply psychological concepts, principles, and theories to your own experiences and observations (as opposed to simply memorizing theories and definitions). The better inquiries are those that successfully make direct and detailed connections to specific course content. Second, this assignment will help you become better researchers. Psychological Inquiries represent mini research papers. Although you are free to report your personal observations and to relate those observations to theory or research from the book, it is also appropriate to do additional research on the topic. Finally, the inquiries assignment provides continual feedback to both you and me regarding the learning taking place in the course.
Instructions: Each student will complete three psychological inquiries assignments during the semester. Each assignment should include two entries and each entry should include two parts that are clearly labeled. The first part (labeled event) describes an event or observation you think is relevant to class material. Examine your daily experiences and observations for examples you can connect to class information such as past experiences (e.g., high school, your family), decisions you have made, articles you have read, movies and television programs you have watched, etc. The second part (labeled analysis) analyzes the event in light of psychological concepts and theories. Right now it may be difficult for you to envision exactly how to do this because you may not know much about psychology, but the more you learn the easier this step will be. The more specific reference you make to course material (e.g., studies discussed in the book or in lecture, videos seen in class, articles you find on your own) the better your entry will be. References to course or other material should be cited and referenced in APA style. Include a single Reference page at the end of each set of inquiries. Each entry should be 2 double-spaced pages (using Times New Roman 12-point font and 1-inch margins). In other words, for each inquiries assignment you will hand in two entries (approximately 4 pages total). PS. have a “References” page PSS. use source from textbook Exploring Psychology: Ninth Edition in Modules.

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