HSP3UPsychology Unit mini-summative assignment

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Expectation

C2.1 explain, from a psychological perspective, how various influences (e.g., heredity, environment, personality, identity, developmental stage, attachment) contribute to an individual’s psychological development.

Article analysis and reflection: “Technology Makes Us Lonely” Calvin White, Ottawa Citizen

Instructions

Is there an impact of technology on your social skills?

a) Go to: queendom.com – Top 5 tests… – Social Skills Test – click on

“agree to use the test for personal purposes only” – complete the online test –

score your test – print or copy and print your Snapshot Report, and attach to

your summative.

b) On the back of your Interactivity Challenge worksheet you will the “Technology” article.

On a separate sheet, read and answer as fully as you can the following questions:

  • How technology is changing us – what were the things and effects on the students that they disliked?
  • How the students came to their verdict that they were becoming lonelier (from how they described the nature or characteristics of technology causing this):
  • The “essence of intimacy” that was missing, and what that means:

c) Application and Reflection

Once you have reflected on what you have learned from the documentary, “Are We Digital

Dummies”; from the Interactivity Challenge; from the online Social Skills test, and from the article,

“90% of our free time”, respond to the articles’ main points, by reflecting on the following

questions:

  • how deep are you into tech dependency
  • is it influencing your emotional life, and your social abilities in ways that concern you?
  • by the end of adolescence, what things do you need to change, to improve what will become your permanent cognitive (i.e., mental) and social skill sets?

Format

  • Introduction and thesis statement
  • Supporting paragraphs
  • Conclusion
  • Sources References

Final product: approx. two pages in length, 12 pt. font, double-spaced, indent paragraphs, no space between paragraphs.

Analysis and Reflection Report rubric
Criteria / Level 4 / Level 3 / Level 2 / Level 1
Knowledge/ Understanding
■Comprehension
of ideas and concepts / ■excellent comprehension of ideas and concepts / ■good comprehension of ideas and concepts / ■some comprehension of ideas and concepts / ■poor comprehension of ideas and concepts
Thinking/Inquiry
■Thesis
articulation
■Develops and
organizes
arguments
logically / ■Thesis is clear and well-articulated
■ arguments are developed with a high degree of logic and insight / ■Thesis is clear
■arguments are developed with logic and insight / ■Thesis is unclear
■arguments are developed with some logic and insight / ■no Thesis
■ arguments are poorly or minimally developed
Communication
■ Writes effectively (develops points well)
- Proper format
■ References / ■writing is very persuasive
■excellent report
formatting
- full referencing / ■writing is somewhat effective
■follows proper formatting
- most references / ■writing has limited effectiveness
■follows general outline of proper formatting
- little referencing / ■writing is ineffective
■poor formatting
- no references
Application
■Conclusion
follows from
arguments
presented / ■conclusion
shows logic and
insight / ■conclusion is
logical / ■conclusion shows
minimal logic / ■ conclusion
showspoor logic
Overall Achievement Level:
Level 4 3 2 1