1.5 Assignment: Personal Reflection Journal: Specialization and Personal Growth
Getting Started
Journal writing has been shown to be effective in processing your ideas, preparing for assignments, reviewing your options, noting your questions and concerns, and more. The journal is a private communication between you and your instructor and an opportunity for more informal writing and communications between you two.
Upon successful completion of the course material, you will be able to:
· Reflect on your specialization and personal growth at this stage of the MA in Psychology program.
Resources
· None
Background Information
In this journal activity, you will write about your growth thus far from participating as a student in the MA in Psychology program at IWU. Additionally, you will determine how you plan to organize your course work as you work toward the specialization courses.
You will add this as a new journal entry to the Personal Reflection Journal you began in PSY-520.
Instructions
1. Open your ongoing Personal Reflection Journal that you have saved in a Word document.
2. Title a new journal entry “PSY-545 1.5 Specialization and Personal Growth <
Day, Month Year>.”
3. As you write your journal during this session, address the following prompt:
a. Reflect on your growth from the MA in Psychology program thus far, as well as how you are preparing to move forward in your specialization.
4. Your entry should be a minimum of 400 words.