Assignment: Social Change Blog
This week, you submit your third assignment. As you continue to develop your social change blog, remember that this Assignment will inform your blog topic. As such, support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources that inform your research.
This will be your last assignment submission before your social change blog Final Assignment, which is due by Day 7 of Week 10. The Assignment should be written using APA style and include appropriate scholarly references that were written within the last 5 to 10 years. Your paper should be 3- to 5-pages in length.
To prepare:
- Develop an introduction to your social change or social justice topic as it will appear on your blog. Include an explanation of the relevance of this topic to the field of psychology and the role and responsibilities of psychology with regard to the issue.
- Develop an explanation of how theoretical frameworks shape behavior or action with regard to your social change or social justice topic.
- Develop an explanation of psychology’s role in advocating for the greater society and how this is evident or demonstrated in your social change or social justice topic.
By Day 7
By Day 7 of this week:
Complete a 3- to 5-page paper that includes:
- An introduction to your social change or social justice topic as it will appear on your blog
- An explanation of the relevance of this topic to the field of psychology and the role and responsibilities of psychology with regard to the issue
- An explanation of how theoretical frameworks shape behavior or action with regard to your social change or social justice topic
- An explanation of psychology’s role in advocating for the greater society and how this is evident or demonstrated in your social change or social justice topic
- Support for you work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources
This Assignment should be written using APA style and include appropriate scholarly references that were written within the last 5 to 10 years. Note: The title page and reference pages do not count toward the required number of pages.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
- Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK7Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
- Click the Week 7 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
- Click the Week 7 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
- Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK7Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
- If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
- Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.