Psychology

Capella University: Scoring Guide Tool
PSYC-FP3540
U02A1 – SOCIAL IDENTITY QUESTIONNAIRE ANALYSIS
LEARNER: SHONTELL , SNODDY
INSTRUCTIONS
Use the following scoring guide, along with the project information, for evaluating each learner’s work.

OVERALL COMMENTS
Hi Shontell,

I appreciate all of your efforts! I think you are misunderstanding the instructions. The instructions ask you to find one individual of a different culture and have them complete the questionnaire. You will also complete the questionnaire. Then you will compare your similarities and differences with this one person. Here are the instructions below. This is the core of the assessment and very different from reflecting on people you know based on the design of the questionnaire. You did a good job of exploring why differences might exist.The bolded areas are what is missing.

Once you do this, you should be good to go. Let me know if you have any questions!

Christina

Complete the My Social Identity Questionnaire and ask a person from a different cultural background to take the questionnaire.

After considering the responses carefully, write a short analysis (2–3 pages of content plus title, abstract, and reference pages) organized as follows:

Title page.
Abstract.
Introduction.
Description of how your responses to the social identity questionnaire were similar and different.
Possible explanations for these similarities and differences.
Application of concepts from the course readings and/or other scholarly material to further analyze both of your responses.
Reflections about what you need to learn, think about, and/or do differently to increase your cultural competence.
Summary and Conclusion.
References.

Previous Feedback:

The goal of this assessment was to evaluate two individuals with different cultural backgrounds. This is an important step to understanding your own cultural awareness while building cultural competence. Learners need to go beyond identifying similarities and differences. Learners should analyze these differences and support them with scholarly work. The analysis helps learners gain understanding challenging areas and ways to improve.

You did a wonderful assessing your own social identity, but missed the other component to the assessment. Your safe assign percentage was 13%, which reflects the use of citations and references. PERFECT! See the scoring guide for specific feedback for each criterion. You are welcome to revise if you wish to attempt to earn more points. If so, PLEASE HIGHLIGHT CHANGES IN SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS.

On each successive attempt PLEASE HIGHLIGHT your changes. This helps me streamline my grading process, which means I get it back to you quicker. When you do not highlight the changes, I open each of your previous attempts and compare them across the board to identify improvements. This doubles (sometimes triples) the amount of time I spend on your assessment. That means it takes me longer to grade it, which means it takes you longer to get it back. That in turn means it takes you longer to complete the course. I don’t mind the extra work, but in my experience most people take flex path so they can complete their degree quickly. Make sense?

All my best,

Resources:

RUBRICS

CRITERIA 1
Describe personal and interviewee responses to My Social Identity Questionnaire.
COMPETENCY
Describe the effects of culture, ethnicity, and diversity on the human experience.

NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not describe personal or interviewee responses to My Social Identity Questionnaire.

BASIC
Describes personal or interviewee responses to My Social Identity Questionnaire but not both.

PROFICIENT
Describes personal and interviewee responses to My Social Identity Questionnaire.

DISTINGUISHED
Analyzes personal and interviewee responses to My Social Identity Questionnaire.
COMMENTS:
You did a wonderful job exploring your own social identity. Very thorough and honest. In order to get a distinguished, you would need to interview an individual of a different culture and compare your answers with that persons.

CRITERIA 2
Identify possible explanations for the similarities and differences in responses, applying psychological theories or research.
COMPETENCY
Analyze psychological research findings related to culture, ethnicity, and diversity.

NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify possible explanations for the similarities and differences in responses, applying psychological theories or research.

BASIC
Identifies possible explanations for the similarities and differences in responses without applying psychological theories or research.

PROFICIENT
Identifies possible explanations for the similarities and differences in responses, applying psychological theories or research.

DISTINGUISHED
Analyzes possible explanations for the similarities and differences in responses, applying psychological theories as well as research.
COMMENTS:
To gain more points, you would want to interview someone of a different culture and compare your similaritires and differences.

CRITERIA 3
Analyze ways to enhance personal cultural competency.
COMPETENCY
Apply psychological theory and research in culture, ethnicity, and diversity to inform personal and professional behavior.

NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify ways to enhance personal cultural competency.

BASIC
Identifies but does not analyze ways to enhance personal cultural competency.

PROFICIENT
Analyzes ways to enhance personal cultural competency.

DISTINGUISHED
Assesses ways to enhance personal cultural competency.
COMMENTS:
You acknowledge that you need to work on cultural competence. How will you do this? Analyze ways to increase competency.

“I do believe that I still have several areas to work on in order to become more culturally sensitive/competent. I believe that I can still do much better to enhance my ability to communicate, understand, gather knowledge, and develop positive attitudes towards people across all cultures.”

CRITERIA 4
Support analysis by applying psychological theories or research.
COMPETENCY
Apply psychological theories to issues affecting culture, ethnicity, and diversity.

NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not support analysis by applying psychological theories or research.

BASIC
Partially supports analysis by applying limited psychological theories or research.

PROFICIENT
Supports analysis by applying psychological theories or research.

DISTINGUISHED
Directly supports analysis by applying psychological theory and research to specific examples.
COMMENTS:
Nice job supporting your ideas with scholarly research and theoretical concepts!! This really enriches and supports your ideas on a different level when you do both.

CRITERIA 5
Cite scholarly evidence correctly according to APA guidelines.
COMPETENCY
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.

NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not cite scholarly evidence correctly according to APA guidelines.

BASIC
Cites scholarly evidence with errors in APA style and format.

PROFICIENT
Cites scholarly evidence correctly according to APA guidelines.

DISTINGUISHED
Cites scholarly evidence in APA style and format without error.
COMMENTS:
Your citations and references are good overall. There were a couple of issues. One is that Jenkins reference does not have enough information for the APA formatting requirements. For the second APA tip, note that when a source has 3-5 authors, include all of the author’s names and use et al thereafter.

ie. (Rees et al., 2015).

CRITERIA 6
Write in a manner that is scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.
COMPETENCY
Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.

NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not write in a manner that is scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.

BASIC
Writes in a manner that is inconsistently scholarly and clear, with grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.

PROFICIENT
Writes in a manner that is scholarly, clear, and free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.

DISTINGUISHED
Writes in an exceptionally clear and scholarly manner that is entirely free of grammatical, spelling, and APA formatting errors.
COMMENTS:
Nice job writing mostly without errors so that your message is clear to the reader. You provided supportive evidence that was appropriate for this assessment. You had a couple of writing errors towards the end and some missing info for one of your references.