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Principles of Psychology Assignment 1 – Research and Reflection Paper Rationale: In the field of Social Service Work, you are strongly encouraged to use reflective practice when interacting with your clients. Reflective practice is the ability to evaluate your own thoughts, feelings and actions and how this might impact your interactions with others. This assignment is intended to help you improve your concept of self. In doing so, it will meet the following course learning outcomes: • Identify the connections among biology, behaviour and mental processes in predicting human behaviour • Analyze internal and external factors that contribute to motivation and emotion from a psychological perspective Essentials for Your Paper • Psychology is based in APA formatting. All assignments in this course require you to utilize APA formatting. APA resources can be found within the Course Content. The expectation for this assignment is to include a title page, formatted headings, proper grammar and spelling, a website reference, a textbook or online course content reference and a reference page. *Please use headings to organize your work and make your thoughts clear to the reader. How will you be graded? Application of principles of psychology bio-psychosocial model • Demonstrate depth of analysis • Synthesize ideas into one’s own writing /8 Critical analysis of online resource • Demonstrate ability to critically evaluate online resource /4 Analysis/Evaluation of Impact • Considers the results of the experience with thoughtful application to future client work /4 APA • Accurate use of in-text references and references page /4 Spelling/Grammar/Format • 5 pages (written work) max; uses headings /4 Biopsychosocial influences on behaviour and behaviour change Part A (steps 1 – 3) – Research Step 1: Choose a single, measurable behaviour that you want to make changes to and are comfortable writing about. You can use the same behaviour as you used in your Research and APA assignment . Include a statement . Below is a list of ideas. You do not have to choose from this list. These are just examples. about this behaviour goal at the start of your assignment

Examples of behaviours you may want to reduce or stop: ▪ Smoking/vaping ▪ Alcohol consumption ▪ Caffeine consumption ▪ Drinking soda/sugary drinks ▪ Biting nails ▪ Gambling Examples of behaviours you may want to increase or start: ▪ Exercise ▪ Meditation ▪ Sleep (sleep hygiene) ▪ Gratitude journal ▪ Brush teeth/oral hygiene Step 2: Using your textbook and one additional scholarly resource (note: you can use the same article you used for your previous assignment in this course) research the biopsychosocial factors of your behaviour including heredity, environment and learning (Chapters 2, 5, 8, 9, 11 & 12). Use the following questions to guide your writing: Biological Factors • How did your behaviour develop from and/or is it maintained by biological factors (nervous system Ch 2, heredity/nature Ch 8, biological motives Ch 9, temperament Ch 8 and 11)? Psychological Factors • How did your behaviour develop from and/or is it maintained by psychological factors (classical and operant conditioning Ch 5, observational learning Ch 5, attachment style Ch 8, stimulus motives Ch 9, emotions and reinforcement Ch 9)? Social/Cultural/Family Factors • How did your behaviour develop from and/or is it maintained by social/cultural/family factors (culture, peers, media – see Chapter 12 in your text)? Write a report demonstrating your research (using APA) and your understanding of these concepts in relation to the behaviour you have selected. Approx. 1 – 3 pages Step 3: Do an internet search or use ChatGPT to ask: how to change [the behaviour you put for step 1] . If using the internet - Pick one website (does not have to be scholarly) . Tell me the name of the resource you selected and answer the guiding questions below. Be sure to include this resource in your list of references (APA format) at the end of your assignment. Approx. 0.5 - 1 page • What does the resource recommend in terms of changing your behaviour? • Is it a scholarly resource? Pop culture? How do you know? https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/faq/what - counts - scholarly - source • Is the information credible and reliable? Is it based on research, or on opinion? What impact does this have on you as a reader/learner? • What questions do you have about the information? What gaps do you see? Part B (steps 4 & 5) – Apply and Reflect Step 4: Try to change your behaviour for 1 – 7 days. Use a tracking sheet (sample template below or create your own) to track your behaviour and include a copy of the tracking sheet when you submit your assignment. Step 5: Write a conclusion about how this assignment experience went (was it easy/hard?). Explain how this will impact your work with clients in future . You will, inevitably, work with clients on changing their own

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Behaviour TRACKING SHEET template Behaviour I would like to change: __________________________________________ My barriers to making this behaviour change: 1. – 2. – 3. – Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm 12 – 6am