ASSIGNMENT: COMPARING INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
Submit the Comparing Individual and Family Psychology assignment. This assignment asks you to create a matrix or grid contrasting six to ten significant differences between an individual approach to psychology versus a family systems approach to psychology. Support each difference with an appropriate academic source. After completing the grid, write a summary on how the family psychology represents a specific approach to systems theory in psychology.
Other requirements:
- Written communication: Must be free of errors, scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the business profession.
- APA formatting: Your essay should be formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
- Length: 1–2 pages typed and double-spaced summary.
- References: 6–10 (that are not part of the required course readings).
- Font and font size: Arial, 10 point.
Please review the Comparing Individual and Family Psychology Rubric to ensure you meet all the grading criteria for this assignment.
RUBRIC
Assignment – Comparing Individual and Family Psychology
Criteria
Choose appropriate literature to identify differences between individual and family systems approaches to psychology.
DISTINGUISHED 25 to >21.25 pts
Chooses appropriate literature to identify differences between individual and family system approaches to psychology. Selection reflects familiarity with dimensions at work in a family system.
PROFICIENT 21.25 to >17.5 pts
Chooses appropriate literature to identify differences between individual and family system approaches to psychology.
BASIC 17.5 to >0 pts
Selects some appropriate literature to identify differences between individual and family system approaches to psychology.
NON_PERFORMANCE 0 pts
Does not list appropriate literature to identify differences between individual and family system approaches to psychology.
Criteria
Analyze differences between individual and family systems approaches to psychology.
DISTINGUISHED 25 to >21.25 pts
Analyzes differences between individual and family systems approaches to psychology. Displays superior awareness of dimensions at work in multicontextual family system model.
PROFICIENT 21.25 to >17.5 pts
Analyzes differences between individual and family systems approaches to psychology.
BASIC 17.5 to >0 pts
Distinguishes some differences between individual and family systems approaches to psychology.
NON_PERFORMANCE 0 pts
Does not recognize differences between individual and family systems approaches to psychology.
Criteria
Interpret family psychology as a systems theory.
DISTINGUISHED 25 to >21.25 pts
Interprets family psychology as a systems theory. Displays exceptional understanding of the development of systems theory and its relationship to family systems theory in psychology.
PROFICIENT 21.25 to >17.5 pts
Interprets family psychology as a systems theory.
BASIC 17.5 to >0 pts
Comprehends some aspects of family psychology as a systems theory.
NON_PERFORMANCE 0 pts
Does not understand family psychology as a systems theory.
Criteria
Communicate in a scholarly and professional manner consistent with the psychological profession.
DISTINGUISHED 25 to >21.25 pts
Communicates exceptionally well in a scholarly and professional manner consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.
PROFICIENT 21.25 to >17.5 pts
Communicates in a scholarly and professional manner consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.
BASIC 17.5 to >0 pts
Communicates at a minimum level in a scholarly and professional manner somewhat consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.
NON_PERFORMANCE 0 pts
Does not communicate in a scholarly and professional manner consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.
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