(BUY) PSY5130 Assignment: Initial Theory Application and Analysis

Assignment: Initial Theory Application and Analysis

This assignment is the second component of your course project. For this assignment, you will use the findings from your interview to complete an initial analysis. Choose one career counseling theory and apply it to your interview findings.

Your interview should have included questions to help you understand your interviewee’s work, education, and family history. Your goal is to understand your interviewee’s story and the details of how that story evolved. You will not need to use any formal assessments in your interview, but if your subject has completed any, you may choose to use them to help inform your analysis.

Address the following aspects in your paper:

• Introduce and describe your interviewee’s situation, including his or her interests, preferences, personality, skills, and values. You do not need to address all five of these aspects, but you should address at least two. If your interviewee has completed a formal career-related assessments (Myers-Briggs, Strengthfinder, et cetera), you may include those as well.
• Choose a theory to apply to your interview and rationalize your choice (Holland, theory of work adjustment, Super, Gottfredson, the relationship approach, or SCCT).
• Analyze the interviewee’s work and life career history within the framework of your chosen theory.
• Apply your chosen career development theory to the interests and preferences of your interviewee. How would you connect theory to practice?
• Include at least five academic sources to support your paper, using proper APA format for all citations and references. Most of your articles should be peer-reviewed sources; you can use the resource provided to help you locate these types of sources. You need to demonstrate a breadth of scholarship available on the topic.

Please note that after you submit this assignment and receive feedback on it, you will be expected to incorporate a revised version in your final analysis in Unit 9.

Assignment Requirements

• Research and references: Provide a minimum of 5 scholarly references in proper APA style.
• Number of pages: The body of your paper must be 5–7 double-spaced pages.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
• Formatting: Present your citations and references in APA format.
• Written communication: Written communication must reflect graduate-level writing skills and successfully convey the message.

RUBRIC

Assignment: Initial Theory Application and Analysis

CRITERIA

Describe an interviewee’s situation, including some combination of work situation, interests, preferences, personality, skills, and/or values.

37.5 to >31.88 pts – DISTINGUISHED

Describes a combination of current work situation, interests, preferences, personality, skills, and/or values of an interviewee in detail, and supports statements with relevant examples and interview quotations.

31.88 to >26.25 pts – PROFICIENT

Describes an interviewee’s situation, including some combination of current work situation, interests, preferences, personality, skills, and/or values.

26.25 to >0 pts – BASIC

Identifies but does not describe a combination of current work situation, interests, preferences, personality, skills, and/or values of an interviewee.

0 pts – NON_PERFORMANCE

Does not identify current work situation, interests, preferences, personality, skills, or values of an interviewee.

CRITERIA

Justify application of a career development theory to an interview.

7.5 to >6.38 pts – DISTINGUISHED

Identifies a career development theory to apply to an interview and rationalizes the choice, providing support with examples and literature.

6.38 to >5.25 pts – PROFICIENT

Justifies application of a career development theory to an interview.

5.25 to >0 pts – BASIC

Identifies a career development theory to apply to an interview but does not rationalize the choice.

0 pts – NON_PERFORMANCE

Does not identify a career development theory to apply to an interview.

CRITERIA

Analyze the work and life career history of an interviewee within the framework of a chosen career development theory or theories.

37.5 to >31.88 pts – DISTINGUISHED

Evaluates the work and life career history of an interviewee within the framework of a chosen career development theory or theories, connects common elements, and draws conclusions with support from the literature.

31.88 to >26.25 pts – PROFICIENT

Analyzes the work and life career history of an interviewee within the framework of a chosen career development theory or theories.

26.25 to >0 pts – BASIC

Describes the work and life career history of an interviewee within the framework of a chosen career development theory or theories.

0 pts – NON_PERFORMANCE

Does not describe the work or life career history of an interviewee within the framework of a chosen career development theory or theories.

CRITERIA

Apply a career development theory to the interests and preferences of an interviewee.

37.5 to >31.88 pts – DISTINGUISHED

Applies a career development theory to the interests and preferences of an interviewee, providing examples and support from the literature.

31.88 to >26.25 pts – PROFICIENT

Applies a career development theory to the interests and preferences of an interviewee.

26.25 to >0 pts – BASIC

Applies a career development theory to the interests and preferences of an interviewee, but application is too brief and/or application does not relate to interviewee’s interests and preferences.

0 pts – NON_PERFORMANCE

Does not apply a career development theory to the interests and preferences of an interviewee.

CRITERIA

Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.

30 to >25.5 pts – DISTINGUISHED

Communicates in a manner that is without error, scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.

25.5 to >21 pts – PROFICIENT

Communicates in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.

21 to >0 pts – BASIC

Communicates in a manner that is professional and usually consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.

0 pts – NON_PERFORMANCE

Does not communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the psychological professions.

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