Month: February 2018
Referencing and Citations
This task is so needed on my blog, I am always going back to older essays to look at what order my references should go in! Whilst I was doing the access course I was taught Harvard Referencing to come to University to find Marjon have their own way of Harvard so I am forever forgetting.
Here are some references I have used through-out the year, some that I now know that I am not allowed to use because some are webpages such as Simply Psychology.
Golson, K.G. (2016) Meredith Belbin. Unknown: EBSCOhost.
Martin , N., Carlson, N. and Buskist, W. (2013) Psychology. (5th ed.) Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
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Raza, A. (2017) Leadership. [Online] Available from: http://wisetoast.com/12-different-types-of-leadership-styles/ [accessed 15 December 2017].
Bandura, A. (1998) Self-efficacy pathways to childhood depression. Personality processes and individual differences. Vol. 1, No. 1: 263. [Online] Available from: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1730/669a864e0565288bcaea0c3f22baae42190f.pdf [accessed 30 November 2017].
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Eysenck, M. (1998) Psychology an integrated approach. (1st ed.) Essex: Addison Wesley Longman Limited
Jensen, R. (2013) ‘Behaviourism’ Salem Press Encyclopaedia of Health, Research Starters, EBSCOhost, viewed 2 January 2018.
Martin , N., Carlson, N. and Buskist, W. (2013) Psychology. (5th ed.) Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
My references are not in alpabetical order now, as they are copied and pasted from my essays. I’ve noticed that the more references I use, the better grade I appear to get.
Network of Support
My network of support was interesting for me to create. I have noticed I am very close to my family and friends and boyfriend and always go to them for support when I need it.
I added the people I think are in my network of support and who I am closest too and added the barriers that could affect the support. I rely on support on mainly my mom, boyfriend and close friends and although I have a small group of friends, I am happy that the ones I do have are all supportive and caring.
The outer circle I didn’t make a list of barriers for because I feel the same to all, even the ones in my close network. I know and understand the support is there but I would rather not burden people with my problems and worries and get on with it myself. I am sure everybody else has their own worries and I worry to much about what people think which is a huge barrier.
From creating this circle of support, I have noticed that I have to overcome the barriers of not being reliant on people and accept help when needed. Also, try and make more time for the people I am close too.
Reflection on term
I have really enjoyed this term and it has gone so quickly. I was worried about starting and was nervous to join a group of people I did not know who already had a month together and getting to know each other whereas I started later through the course. I was so happy when I realised that the groups are small, as I can be quite shy and can feel uncomfortable in big crowds of people, it was nice to be in a smaller group. Making new friends has been something that has never really worried me because I am happy to sit and talk to anybody, it was nice starting uni with Amy, as we’ve been at college together for two years it was nice to start somewhere new together for the 3rd year.
This term has been really interesting and has stayed interesting by learning different types of psychology through-out each module which rather than just focusing on one per term. The lecturers feedback has been very helpful and having their full support has made this degree a lot easier, it is also nice to actually know our lecturers, as I have friends at Plymouth uni, they have said how often they have a lecture and that will be it until the next lecture, it is good to have constant support. Having both university days together rather than scattered around the week is also really handy, this way I am able to work the rest of the week and I do not need to worry about getting to Plymouth, I am still struggling with the early mornings since I have an evening job and never get up early so hopefully I will be early to a lecture before the year ends 🙂
Term has been really fun, I am looking forward to many more.
Reflecting on written feedback.
The first essay we done was very nerve-racking, as I started the course late, on my first day I was told I have a 500 word essay due the week after on anything I found interesting to do with psychology. I was so worried because of already starting late, I was worried that I missed loads of work.
I remember working really hard on this essay because I wanted to make a good impression and prove that I was good enough to be at uni. The feedback I got was very helpful and it was nice to have nice feedback as whilst I studied on the access course the feedback could sometimes be blunt and degrading so it was actually nice to have positive feedback, I was also really happy with my grade. I found that the lectures feedback has helped me when writing my other essays, as I was using online research such as Simply Psychology, whereas I now know that the site is not a legit source of information, also having to get used to the Marjon referencing style which I did not know existed until I got feedback which is very helpful.