Complete Graduate Communications Tasks (UOP)

PART 1:

Test your knowledge by taking the following assessment:

How Much Do You Know About Psychology Research Methods?

Reflect on your results.

PART 2:

Develop your outline using the Outline Template and the SMART Goals you wrote in Week 2. Your goals are the basis of your outline.

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COM/600v5 Outline Template
Each of your SMART Goals should be related to this course, the program, or regarding stress and time
management.
Your introduction should:
a. Define a SMART goal. Provide context for the assignment.
b. Provide a transition sentence connecting a. and c.
c. Begin with a thesis statement (review the thesis statement tutorial)
For each SMART goal, you should answer the following prompts:
1. SMART Goal #
a. Specific – Clearly defined
1. Explain what you’re going to accomplish.
b. Measurable – You can track your progress and you can determine when you’ve achieved
your goal.
1. How will you know when you’ve achieved what you want?
2. A summary of how you will track your progress.
c. Attainable – A goal you can realistically accomplish or achieve.
1. What are you going to do to make sure you attain the goal? What is needed to attain it?
d. Relevant – Does your goal align with what you want to accomplish in your life?
1. Explain why the goal is relevant to you.
e. Time-bound – This tells you when you need to reach the goal.
1. Explain when you need to accomplish the goal.
2. Is the goal realistic? Why?
Your conclusion should:
• Review central ideas presented in the body and make connections to the thesis.
• Include a transition sentence connecting a. and c.
• Provide closing thoughts.
Resource:
https://owl.excelsior.edu/research/outlining/outlining-traditional/ 2019. Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL). This site is
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-4.0 International License.
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SMART Goals Worksheet
Your SMART goals should be related to your success in this course, the Master of Psychology (or other)
program, stress management, or time management.
Example:
Original Goal
I want to lose weight.
Specific – Clearly defined
I want to lose 15 pounds.
Measurable – You can track your progress
and you can determine when you’ve
achieved it.
I can lose 2 pounds a week.
Achievable – It’s realistic to accomplish or
achieve.
I can achieve this by going to the gym 3 times a week
for cycle class and cutting my calories to 1,200 per
day.
Relevant – Related to this course, your
program, or regarding stress and time
management.
I need to lose weight in order to be healthier.
Time-Bound – When you need to reach the
goal. What you need to do by when.
I will lose the weight within 8 weeks.
Revised SMART Goal
I will lose 15 pounds in 8 weeks by losing 2 pounds
per week through going to the gym and cutting my
calories to 1,200 per day in order to be healthier.
Original Goal 1
Specific – Clearly defined
Measurable – You can track your progress
and you can determine when you’ve
achieved it.
Achievable – It’s realistic to accomplish or
achieve.
Relevant – Related to this course, your
program, or regarding stress and time
management.
Time-bound – When you need to reach the
goal. What you need to do by when.
Revised SMART Goal 1
I want to learn on time management
SMART Goal 1: I want to be able to manage time.
SMART Goal 1: I can attend 5 lessons in a week
SMART Goal 1: I can achieve this by attending time
management classes and attend 5 lessons per week.
SMART Goal 1: I need to learn about time
management so that I can manage my time perfectly.
SMART Goal 1: I will learn time management within 10
weeks
I will learn time management within 10 weeks through
attending 5 lessons per week.
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Original Goal 2
Specific – Clearly defined
Measurable – You can track your progress
and you can determine when you’ve
achieved it.
Achievable – It’s realistic to accomplish or
achieve.
Relevant – Related to this course, your
program, or regarding stress and time
management.
Time-bound – When you need to reach the
goal. What you need to do by when.
Revised SMART Goal 2
I want to learn on stress management
SMART Goal 2: I want to be able to manage stress.
SMART Goal 2: I can attend 4 lessons in a week
Original Goal 3
Specific – Clearly defined
I want to have master of Psychology
SMART Goal 3: I want to graduate with master of
psychology.
SMART Goal 3: I can work hard to get master of
psychology
Measurable – You can track your progress
and you can determine when you’ve
achieved it.
Achievable – It’s realistic to accomplish or
achieve.
Relevant – Related to this course, your
program, or regarding stress and time
management.
Time-bound – When you need to reach the
goal. What you need to do by when.
Revised SMART Goal 3
SMART Goal 2: I can achieve this by attending stress
management classes and attend 4 lessons per week.
SMART Goal 2: I need to learn about stress
management so that I can manage my time perfectly.
SMART Goal 2: I will learn stress management within 7
weeks
I will learn stress management within 10 weeks through
attending 5 lessons per week.
SMART Goal 3: I can achieve this by working very hard
in school.
SMART Goal 3: I need to study hard in order to get
master of psychology.
SMART Goal 3: I will get master of psychology in 3
years.
I will get master of psychology in 3 years of studying
and working hard.
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