Extra Credit Opportunity: An Applied Self-Reflection
Points Possible: 10
Date Due: June 20th, 2020
Assignment Description: A great deal has happened in our world the past few months. We created an assignment that provides you with an opportunity for a few extra points in class, but more importantly, a platform to explore your personal experience as it relates to course concepts amidst a global pandemic, a social revolution, a 24-hour news cycle, a 21st century presidential election, and much more. For up to 10 extra credit points, your assignment is to discuss how one of the three following course topics has shaped a) your subjective experience and b) your behavior since the beginning of the COVID_19 pandemic (aroiund since March 11):
Emotion
Personal Control
Social Interaction
Subjective Experience: When considering concepts from the chapters on emotion, personal control, or social interaction, focus on how topics/theories/phenomena have impacted how you feel. This includes personal examples, insights, and perspectives, but be sure to reference back to course material. If you feel that you have not been impacted, you should write about this as well and explore why that might be the base.
Example: Over the past few months, the social impacts of COVID_19 pandemic have decreased the quality of my social interaction. This has happened because…, and demonstrates the importance of non-verbal communication and face-to-face interaction.
Behavioral Effects: You should also mention the ways in which the topic you choose has influenced your actions. Have you been strictly participating in social distancing as means of establishing a sense of control? Have you turned to social media more during quarantine? You should also relate these behavioral manifestations back to subjective experience. How do these changes influence how you feel about the events you are discussing? If you have not experienced behavioral changes, you should acknowledge this. These are just some of the questions you could ask yourself, you are not restricted to them!
*Please note that although this is a reflective assignment, we are not asking for intimate personal details.
Grading Rubric
Format: 1 page double-spaced, 12pt font, 1” margins
(2pts) Picks ONE OF THE THREE course topic for discussion: Emotion, Personal Control, or Social Interaction.
(4pts) Appropriately describes course content/theories/findings and relates them to how you have felt since the beginning of the pandemic in a way that is appropriate for a course assignment (reflective, but not too personal).
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(4pts) Appropriately describes course content/theories/findings and relates them to how you have behaved since the beginning of the pandemic in a way that is appropriate for a course assignment (reflective, but again, not too personal).