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Meeting and Deadlines - Internship in Psychology | PSYC 460, Papers of Psychology

Material Type: Paper; Class: INTERNSHIP IN PSYCHOLOGY; Subject: Psychology; University: Rhodes College; Term: Fall 1998;

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Psychology 460 Internship
Professor Bette Ackerman
Fall, 1998
Office: 117 Clough Phone: 843-3985
Office Hours: MWF 2:30 - 3:30, Tu 1:00 - 2:30 e-mail: ackerman@rhodes
Meetings & Deadlines
Aug. 26: First meeting. We will go over the course requirements and expectations. Students will be told
how they will be graded, he purpose of the journal, what types of entries should be made, and
given a list of questions they should address in their journals.
Sept. 2: Short/Brief Class (one hour?). Students should be prepared to give a brief summary to the class
on where they will be interning, and a summary of what their experience has been to date.
There are some typical problems or confusions that come about from entering a new job or a
group. Come prepared to talk about any concerns you may have about your internship
placement…lack of adequate direction, personal interaction questions or problems….whatever
your concern might be.
Deadline for 1) completed contract with all signatures, approved by Dr. Ackerman before your
site-supervisor signs, 2) signed waiver, and 3) pledged completion of APA ethical guidelines.
Any student not completing these items may be dropped from the course.
Sept. 9: Each students should come prepared to summarize his or her internship placement. In addition
to whatever else you want to tell us, you should provide :
1) an explanation of the company or agency (how funded, who owns it, division/department,
chief missions, etc.)
2) what you believe you will be doing and what you hope you will learn/get from this
experience, and
3) an explanation of how the academic discipline of psychology may be related.
Sept. 23: What are supervisors and co-workers looking for in interns?
We will talk about the common problems students have during internships. Think about what
supervisors want from an intern, and the type of impression you want to make. We will need
to discuss confidentiality and ethical considerations as an integral part of professional behavior.
More generally, we will talk about self-presentations, and will discuss the difference in self-
presentations which might be appropriate when you are applying for graduate school versus
jobs. Finally I will quickly discuss cover letters, the difference between a resume’ and a vita,
and the “care and feeding” of references.
Oct. 7: I will schedule outside speakers to come and meet with the class. The students will be
responsible for selecting the topic (former Rhodes College' graduates speaking about working
in the "real" world, or, students in graduate school, etc)
Oct. 14: No Class. Journal and annotated bibliography are due, as well as a short summary of what your
final paper will cover. The journal should include daily entries as well as answers to many of
the questions given you on 8/26. Midterm journal grade will be determined from this
submission.
Nov. 11: Students will summarize their long-term career goals as well as their immediate job
expectations following graduation & plans for obtaining that position. Copies of an up-to-date
resume' (or vita) and a cover letter should be brought to class, one copy for each class member.
Students planning on applying to graduate school should provide the same types of material,
although theirs should target graduate programs
Nov. 18: Continuation of above, if needed
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Psychology 460 Internship Professor Bette Ackerman Fall, 1998

Office: 117 Clough Phone: 843- Office Hours: MWF 2:30 - 3:30, Tu 1:00 - 2:30 e-mail: ackerman@rhodes

Meetings & Deadlines

Aug. 26: First meeting. We will go over the course requirements and expectations. Students will be told how they will be graded, he purpose of the journal, what types of entries should be made, and given a list of questions they should address in their journals.

Sept. 2: Short/Brief Class (one hour?). Students should be prepared to give a brief summary to the class on where they will be interning, and a summary of what their experience has been to date. There are some typical problems or confusions that come about from entering a new job or a group. Come prepared to talk about any concerns you may have about your internship placement…lack of adequate direction, personal interaction questions or problems….whatever your concern might be.

Deadline for 1) completed contract with all signatures, approved by Dr. Ackerman before your site-supervisor signs, 2) signed waiver, and 3) pledged completion of APA ethical guidelines. Any student not completing these items may be dropped from the course.

Sept. 9: Each students should come prepared to summarize his or her internship placement. In addition to whatever else you want to tell us, you should provide :

  1. an explanation of the company or agency (how funded, who owns it, division/department, chief missions, etc.)
  2. what you believe you will be doing and what you hope you will learn/get from this experience, and
  3. an explanation of how the academic discipline of psychology may be related.

Sept. 23: What are supervisors and co-workers looking for in interns? We will talk about the common problems students have during internships. Think about what supervisors want from an intern, and the type of impression you want to make. We will need to discuss confidentiality and ethical considerations as an integral part of professional behavior. More generally, we will talk about self-presentations, and will discuss the difference in self- presentations which might be appropriate when you are applying for graduate school versus jobs. Finally I will quickly discuss cover letters, the difference between a resume’ and a vita, and the “care and feeding” of references.

Oct. 7: I will schedule outside speakers to come and meet with the class. The students will be responsible for selecting the topic (former Rhodes College' graduates speaking about working in the "real" world, or, students in graduate school, etc)

Oct. 14: No Class. Journal and annotated bibliography are due, as well as a short summary of what your final paper will cover. The journal should include daily entries as well as answers to many of the questions given you on 8/26. Midterm journal grade will be determined from this submission.

Nov. 11: Students will summarize their long-term career goals as well as their immediate job expectations following graduation & plans for obtaining that position. Copies of an up-to-date resume' (or vita) and a cover letter should be brought to class, one copy for each class member. Students planning on applying to graduate school should provide the same types of material, although theirs should target graduate programs

Nov. 18: Continuation of above, if needed

Schedule an exit interview with your supervisor to discuss his or her evaluation of you. An entry in your journal will provide evidence of the meeting taking place, and your sense of how it went.

Dec. 2: The class will meet at my house for dinner. Each student will present a summary of his or her internship experience, what was learned, and a short synopsis of how their perspective has changed over the semester (prompted by questions handed out Jan. 14). Students should explain some of the ways in which they found their psychology coursework in to be useful in their work experience.

Dec. 9: All assignments are due, (daily journal, annotated bibliography, research paper, and 500 word summary) as well as a completed evaluation by your supervisor (found in original course material). It is your responsibility, not your supervisor's, to see that Dr. Ackerman has this evaluation on time. Dr. Ackerman will be unable to assign a grade unless the evaluation is returned.

Highly Suggested Reading: Bolles, R.M. What color is your parachute? Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. Revised and updated yearly. Dr. Ackerman has a copy if you want to look it over.

Journal Grades: A -- journal must demonstrate that the student has consistently, throughout the semester, attempted to a) address the list of questions handed out on 1/14, and b) frequently attempted to integrate internship experience with psychology course material. Student is demonstrating intellectual engagement with the material.

B -- journal entries occasionally address points a) and b), above. Sporadic indication of intellectual engagement, or engagement is relatively superficial.

C -- journal entries rarely address points a) and b), above. Little indication of intellectual engagement.

D,F -- failure to address the issues above

Final Paper Grade: A-- student must have demonstrated effort to locate and understand critical primary readings relating to the internship. Consideration is given to number and source of references. Of course, an A-paper is well written, there is development of theme, and provides insight.

B--Student did some review of primary literature, and paper is ok, but not well written or not very deep.

C-- Weak literature review or weak paper.

D-F -- No effort to search literature, or "token" paper.

  • What aspects of this internship suited your abilities/interests? Failed to suit?
  • How have your career interests changed as a function of this internship?