Social Psychology​:

Self​-​directed Project

2 Objective​: ​To create a self​-​directed project which demonstrates your skills and learning in
the course​.
● The project must demonstrate the goal of this course which is​:
“​To be a good psychologist, psychiatrist, or mental counselor, we need to understand and are
able to analyze why people act, feel, and​ ​think in a certain way in order to help them
find solutions to their problems​.”

● The project must demonstrate the connection between ​any topic from Unit 1 or 2 and
Unit 3 topics ​which include​:

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3

○ Nature VS Nurture ○ Emotions and Stress ○ Psychological Disorders

○ Developmental Psychology ○ Hierarchy of Needs ○ Psychotherapy
(​Infancy​-​Old Age​) ○ Social Learning
○ Reinforcement and
Punishment

Step 1 ​- ​Build Your Learning Team or Individual Learning

Students can choose to work individually or build learning teams consisting of 2​-​4 students
(​subject to change due to the scale of your project​).
Step 2​ - ​Select the Type of Your Product

● The product must clearly demonstrate the course​’​s essential understandings and
selected concepts​/​theories based on your selected prompt​.
● The product must be able to present itself ​(​without you there to explain it​).
● The product must be appropriate for the number of students in the group​.
● Choose one from the following list​:
o Short film ​(​5​-​10 minute​)
o Fiction
o Comics
o Music Video
o Other ​(​please propose to your teacher and wait for approval​)
Step 3 ​- ​Create a ​proposal​ according to the given ​template ​and ​rubric​.
● See the format for the Project Proposal on the next page​:
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Group Member​(​s​) : ​Best, Ken, Job

Prompt Selected​:
Type of Product​: ​Comics

Product Description​: ​(​Make sure it is clear what the product will look like, what it will include,
and how it will be organized​.)
Our product will be a comic book that includes about 10 pages with colorful pictures.
- A5 size book
- Color pencils and color markers

Responsibilities
- Ken: book designer/creative design (Nature vs Nurture)
- Job: plot writer/ layout artist/ researcher (Hierarchy of Needs)
- Best: plot writer/ researcher (​psychological disorder (Schizophrenia)and
Psychotherapy.(Talk therapy and medication​)

Content Explanation​: ​(​Explain how the theories and concepts will be used to demonstrate the
essential understandings of Unit 2 in your product​. ​The content should be based on your
selected prompt​. ​There should be the theoretical explanation presented in your product in the
creative way​.)

We are going to do a comic book which has 3 topics including ​Nature VS Nurture, ​Hierarchy of
Needs combine with psychological disorder and Psychotherapy.

He was born with Schizophrenia as a Nature but it is not serious. There are some triggers
that cause him PTSD and that makes his Schizophrenic conditions become worse (Nature
and Nurture). Hierarchy of Needs shows how he developed the disorders. He lack of self
esteem, safety needs and love and belonging. That also worsened his schizophrenic
conditions. He use medicine like a​ ntipsychotic drugs ​to get rid of ​Schizophrenia and PTSD.
At the end, he decides to stop using the medicine because of the side effects and decides to
use talking therapy with his wife and meets more people.

The format for the Project Proposal ends here

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Step 4 - ​Individually, create ​learning records ​according to the given ​template ​(​on the next
page​)​, while you are working on your​ ​product (put them on your Weebly)​.

Each lesson, you should think about what you want to learn or what information you need to
find ​(​for both content part and product making part, for example, you might research about the
characteristics of a therapy for the content part while researching about how to create a good
music video​). ​Then, summarize what you have learnt each day and reflect​/​analyze it​. ​Do not
forget to add references to the sources that you have used in APA format​.
● Date​: (​date of the class or time spent doing research​)
● Questions​: (​what are you trying to find out ​/ ​what questions are you trying to answer​) -
this is done at the beginning of project time
● Summary​: (​notes from sources in your own words​) – ​what did you learn from your
research
● Analysis and opinion​: ​(​what do you think​/​feel about what you have learnt ​/ ​does this
connect to anything else you have learnt or is there a deeper meaning?​)
● References​: (​All sources that you used should be listed here​) - ​this is done during
project time​ - ​must be APA format
● You may attach your storyboard, mind​-​map, layout, script, etc​. ​to your learning records
as the additional evidence of your progress ​(​depends on the type of your product​).

Step 5 ​– ​Submit your ​final product ​and present it to the class​.

Step 6 ​- ​Write an ​individual reflection ​on your Weebly ​ (​guide questions are given below​).
● The reflection should be a minimum of 3​-​4 paragraphs​. ​Before you begin, you should
think about and answer each of the following questions​:
○ What were my successes?
○ What are my strengths as a learner?
○ What were my failures?
○ What are my weaknesses ​(​areas for growth​) ​as a learner?
○ What can I learn from my mistakes?
○ What could I do differently next time?
○ What did I learn about myself when I was learning?
○ What did I learn about myself as a person
● Your reflection must demonstrate at least two of the school​’​s Expected School​-​wide
Learner Outcomes ​(​ESLOs​).

To sum up, here are the things that you have to submit​:
❏ A Project Proposal ​(​individual​/​in group​)
❏ Individual Learning Records
❏ Individual Reflection Report
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❏ Your Product

*​Rubrics are provided on the next page​.

Rubrics
Exceeds Expectations Meets Expectations Developing Below Expectations
4 ​
3​.5 3 ​
2​.5

Idea & The product clearly The product shows Some ideas are Ideas are not evident​.
Originality shows creative and generally clear and presented in the Details are missing or
original ideas​. ​The solid ideas with product but lack are not clear​. ​Message
ideas go beyond room for coherence​. T​ here is is confusing​.
expectations and improvement​. ​There some detail but too
strong supportive is an expected level general to be
details​. of detail​. supportive​. ​Still,
message is evident
and understandable​.

Task The product clearly The product meets The product meets The product is missing
Achievement meets all of the the requirements most of the several requirements
requirements and is and is of good requirements but is and there are major
presented in a quality and mostly missing one or errors that take away
high​-​quality, professional​. ​May more​. ​The product from the quality and
professional manner​. contain minor contains several professionalism
errors​. errors which take
away from the
quality and
professionalism​.

Proposal and The proposal and The proposal and The proposal and There is no proposal or
Learning Records learning records are learning records are learning records are learning record, and
clear and all of the mostly clear and unclear and many of the learning activities
learning provides supports the final the learning do not provide
evidence to support product​. activities do not evidence for the final
the final product​. provide evidence for product​.
the final product​.

Reflection The students clearly The students mostly The students make The students do not
document their document and few attempts to document or reflect on
learning and reflect reflect on their document and their learning​.
on their learning​. learning​. reflect on their
learning​.

In​-​class Students are not only Students are always Students are usually Students do not use
Performance on task at all times or on task and use on task and technology
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use technology technology acknowledge the appropriately, and are

appropriately, but appropriately, but importance of rarely on task​.
also ask questions to may not interact technology, but may
clarify their with the teacher not interact with the
understanding, and productively​. teacher productively
are able to answer or use the
questions about their technology for other
learning process​. purposes​.

We are going to do a comic book which has 3 topics including ​Nature VS Nurture, ​Hierarchy of
Needs combine with psychological disorder and Psychotherapy.​ He was born with Schizophrenia as
a Nature but it is not serious. There are some triggers that cause him PTSD and that makes his
Schizophrenic conditions become worse (Nature and Nurture). Hierarchy of Needs shows how
he developed the disorders. He lack of self esteem, safety needs and love and belonging. That
also worsened his schizophrenic conditions. He use medicine like ​antipsychotic drugs ​to get rid 
of ​Schizophrenia and PTSD. At the end, he decides to stop using the medicine because of the
side effects and decides to use talking therapy with his wife and meets more people.