Psychology Practitioner

This assignment asks you to now put your ideas together in your vision as a practitioner-scholar:

• Your purpose in psychology.
• Your meaningful goals.

The assignment also provides the opportunity to receive feedback from your instructor to help you further clarify your vision of your future in the field of psychology. Complete the following:

• Review the answers you provided in the Your Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar Worksheet, if you had chosen to complete the optional worksheet.
• Review your formatted assignment in the Your Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar Template one last time to complete any last refinements.
• Review the Your Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar Scoring Guide one last time to make sure you meet all the requirements for your assignment.

As you write this assignment, consider the following:

• Purpose: The purpose of your vision is to create an inspirational and realistic description for how you want to contribute to your specialized field of psychology based on your passions and interests.
• Primary Audience: Because this is a personal vision statement for your future career, you are your primary audience. Envision yourself in a time where you are frustrated and want to throw in the towel. What would help you remember your purpose and inspire you to continue moving forward towards your vision?
• Secondary Audience: Your vision should also be clear to other people (such as family, friends, and your instructor) so you can share it with them and receive support in achieving it.
• References: Reference any supporting documents you used to create your vision.
• Assignment Requirements: Be sure to comply with the requirements stated below.

Your writing in this assignment should not just be a collection of notes, lists, or questions and answers. Instead, it should be a well-organized discussion that flows logically from one idea to the next.

Instructions

Complete the following in your assignment template:

• Role as a Practitioner-Scholar: Draw from your previous study of the practitioner-scholar model to answer the following:      
  • In your own words, explain McClintock’s scholar-practitioner model.
  • Reference Capella’s Learning Model Quick Reference and Examples to compare the differences between the levels of practitioner-scholar and scholar-practitioner.
  • What will it mean to you to be a practitioner-scholar? Explain how the practitioner-scholar model can help guide you in developing the knowledge and skills that you will need to reach your professional vision and goals.
  • Be sure to cite your sources.
• Vision: In response to feedback you have received and the evolution of your ideas since you began, and in light of what you have learned about the practitioner-scholar model, revise and refine the vision statement that you developed in the previous two units so it is as personally meaningful as possible. This statement should articulate how your passions and interests connect to a specialization in psychology. Note: It may be useful to update your Articulating Your Purpose activity to help support these revisions.
• Goals: Review the long-term educational, career, and life goals that you identified as relevant to achieving your vision. In response to feedback you have received and the evolution of your ideas since your earlier drafts, revise, expand, refine, and consolidate your goals as needed.      
  • Identify significant milestones for each goal. Be sure that your goals and milestones are:        
    • Specific.
    • Measurable.
    • Achievable.
    • Relevant.
    • Time-bound.
  • Discuss the reasons for each goal and milestone.

After completing a draft of the previously outlined sections of your paper, draft these sections in the assignment template:

• Title page in APA format.
• Abstract: A concise summary of every main point in the paper.
• Introduction: A concise overview of the paper’s content.
• Conclusion: A concise summary of important points of the paper, explaining the benefits of achieving your future career vision and becoming a practitioner scholar in the field of psychology and the importance and relevance of your vision and goals to your personal and professional aspirations.
• References in APA format.

For more information, see the Your Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar Template in the resources.

Example assignment: You may use the assignment example, linked in the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.

Additional Requirements

Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

• Template: Use the Your Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar Template to format your assignment.
• Length: 3–4 typed and double-spaced content pages in Times New Roman 12-point font. The title page, abstract, and reference list are not included in this length.
• References: Include a minimum of three references from scholarly literature. All references need to be cited in-text, according to current APA standards. Remember that citations are to support your thoughts, not take the place of them!
• Written communication: Must be clear, with correct spelling, grammar, and syntax and with good organization.
• Writing style: APA expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so. However, because you are talking about yourself in this paper, you may write in the first person.
• APA formatting: Must be formatted according to APA style and formatting and include a title page, abstract, and reference list. Note that these three elements are not counted toward the length of your assignment.

Running Head: My Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar

My Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar: Industrial Organizational Psychology

Davina Drayton

Capella University

Abstract

I/O Psychology is scientific research for professionals of being aware of human behaviors.

This is the study and understanding the behavioral types within the workforce, of enriching a meaningful and productive workplace for Human Resources. Industrial Psychology will explore everyday behaviors; of employees work performance of determining deterrents they encounter, being either motivational or expectations of pay to increase the probability to have long-term employment and productivity gains. I will research and study to use my knowledge and skills to increase the organizational effectiveness of improving individual performance.

Keywords: Practitioner-Scholar, Human Behaviors

MY VISION AS A PSYCHOLOGY PRACTITIONER-SCHOLAR

My Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar

In my career, I have seemed to experience it all such as layoffs, budgets cuts, and company reconstruction, which resulted in either taking a position that I did not enjoy, or collecting unemployment of sustaining myself while looking for employment. All of these can be very challenging and disheartening for families. I am a government contractor, during the government shutdown we can see how many families’ lives are affected; not getting a salary therefore, some agencies forced their employees to come to work without pay. Nobody wants to work free, employees are not to “sit and wait” without compensation.

When I decided to pursue Industrial Psychology, these are the issues is what I want to research , I’m not being in control of what government does, now that employees are back working, how are they adjusting after the shutdown, or is there still motivation to continue working for the government?

My short-term goals guides the practitioner-scholar model, which entails that learn these practices used to support employees through transitional periods (McClintock, 2004).

My Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar

The practitioner-scholar model structures my career at the master’s level into four functions: acquiring information, processing information, evaluating new strategies, and applying and monitoring new strategies or approaches to the discipline (Capella, 2003).

Next, the practitioner-scholar model is be able to both apply research and theory, as well as create new strategies and approaches that will build on the approach taken to apply those theories learned. I will study and research different organizations of identifying a variety of ways to help solve human and organizational problems in the workplace such as optimizing the quality of work life; Formulating and implementing training programs and evaluating their effectiveness;

Coaching employees and organization leaders; developing criteria to evaluate performance of individuals and organizations; Assessing consumer preferences, customer satisfaction and market.

Retrieved https://www.apa.org/action/science/organizational

Throughout my graduate studies, I will learn how to study how organizations operate of supporting and helping to solve human and organizational problems in the workplace. I will play a role in constructing and implementing a happy, productive workplace not just for employees but also leadership.

My Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar

Industrial organizational Psychology (IO-Psychology) is a gaining and developing career field that supports and coincides with Human Resources Organizational Development. Www.siop.org. Human Resources components do not change; Organizational Psychologist is bringing innovative changes through research and theory.

Working with leaders and management to identify organizations effectiveness of pursuance strategic objectives. Psychology is very vital in the workplace being that the average person spends roughly 70,000 hours at work during the course of their life. When employees are overworked, they become resentful of the company and less invested in its success. Organizational Psychologists facilitate company’s spot areas where they can reduce stress related to the job, from making tasks more fun to ensuring adequate rest and vacation time. https://www.alliant.edu/blog/how-organizational-psychologists-benefit-company-culture/

I can learn, research through applicant testing, leadership development to create a diverse work life balance.

Planning and designing strategies to avoid pitfalls of having a “house divided” of mergers and layoffs. My goal is to become an expert on change management and designing or delivering a program to attract, and implement new approaches such as retention, and talent planning for future and existing workplace talent needs.

My desired job title is to include Organizational Development Specialist or Learning& Development Specialist. I have not networked with anyone professionally in my field, researching online communities; attending conferences therefore, I can get exposure and training to gain understanding of work settings.

My Vision as a Psychology Practitioner-Scholar

References

McClintock, C. (2004). Scholar practitioner Model. In A. DiStefano, K.E. Rudestam,& R. J. Silverman (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning (pp.394-397). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE

www.siop.org

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Abstract

Replace this text with your own abstract. The text is already formatted for you. The abstract must be double-spaced and in block format with no left indentation. The sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (the APA manual) stipulates that an abstract should not exceed 250 words. The abstract is not an introduction to the subject. It is a summary of every main point in the paper. For this assignment, that includes a brief explanation of your overall vision for contributing to a specialized field of psychology as a practitioner-scholar, how that vision relates to your passions and interests in psychology, and long-term goals that help you achieve your vision. The writing should be clear, vigorous, and free of extraneous words. For more information about the abstract, see section 2.04 (page 25) in the APA manual.

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Introduction

Use this space to create an introduction to your paper that explains your passions and interests in psychology and how they relate to your previous personal and professional experiences. Provide contextual information someone else would need to know to fully understand your vision. This could include your previous personal and professional experiences related to your vision, any major influences that led you to psychology and your particular specialization, why your passions and interests in psychology are important to you, and any other relevant information to provide context for your vision. Be sure to reference any supporting documents that inspired you. For more information about the introduction, see section 2.05 (page 27) in the APA manual.

Role as a Practitioner-Scholar

Use this space to, explain McClintock’s scholar-practitioner model in your own words. Reference Capella’s Learning Model Quick Reference Guide to compare the differences between the levels of practitioner-scholar and scholar-practitioner. Explain what it will mean to you to be a practitioner-scholar and how the practitioner-scholar model can help guide you in developing the knowledge and skills that you will need to reach your professional vision and goals.

Vision

Use this space to develop an inspiring description of your future career vision as a psychology practitioner-scholar. Be sure to include individuals you wish to impact, the setting in which you would like to practice psychology, and specialized areas for research and scholarship in psychology.

Goals

Use this space to formulate personally meaningful and relevant educational, career, and life goals to achieve your vision.

Conclusion

Use this section to explain the benefits of achieving your future career vision and becoming a practitioner-scholar in the field of psychology and the importance and relevance of your vision and goals to your personal and professional aspirations. Also, describe how confident you are and committed to achieving your vision. Think of this paragraph as a summary of important and relevant elements to motivate yourself to achieve your vision. Reference any supporting documents that helped you clarify or describe these elements.

References

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume#(issue#), xx–xx.

For more information about references, see section 2.11 (page 37) and section 6.22 (page 180) in the APA manual. Delete this text before submitting your paper.