Motivation and emotion/Assessment/Selection

Select major project topic

Overview

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 * Due:
 * Ungraded early assessment exercise
 * Tasks
 * Create a Wikiversity account
 * Sign up to (or negotiate) an approved topic for the major project - see
 * Ask any clarifying questions
 * Follow the instructions

Marking and feedback

 * No marks
 * Feedback will be provided to:
 * Approve topic selection
 * Respond to student questions
 * Provide suggestions
 * Feedback will be available via before the topic development due date
 * Follow up if you don't understand the feedback

Extensions and late submissions

 * No extensions or late submissions
 * If you don't submit, go ahead and sign up to an approved topic, and move on to the topic development exercise

Learning outcomes
How the learning outcomes are addressed by this assessment exercise:

Graduate attributes
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Instructions
Create a Wikiversity account and sign up to a pre-approved major project topic in the book chapter table of contents or negotiate a new topic. This topic will be used for the topic development, book chapter, and multimedia presentation. Ask any clarifying questions.

Create a Wikiversity account

 * User names start with a capital letter
 * Can use real name, pseudonym, student number etc.

Sign up to a topic
Pre-approved topics are available via the )
 * How to sign up:
 * Click "Edit source" (or "Edit")
 * Replace User Name alongside the topic of interest with your Wikiversity user name
 * Click "Publish"
 * Conduct an initial literature search. If the topic is too broad or narrow, it may be difficult to satisfy the marking criteria
 * Pre-approved topics can be modified by emailing a revised title and sub-title to the unit convener
 * You can change topics by moving your username to a topic without an author
 * More topics will be added, but students are also encouraged to propose topics

New topics
New topics must be approved by the unit convener.
 * To get some ideas:
 * Look through chapters written in previous years
 * Check out similar projects.
 * New topics must:
 * Be unique: Topic must not already be sufficiently covered by a previous motivation and motivation book chapter. Search before making a proposal. How does the proposed topic build on, or differ from, previous work?
 * Aligned with project theme: Topic must be related to related to motivation or emotion and fit the overarching book theme which is to help people to understand and improve their motivational and emotional lives using psychological science
 * Have sufficient scope: If the topic is too narrow, or if there is a lack of psychological theory and research, it will be difficult to satisfy the marking criteria
 * Propose a new topic by emailing the unit convener these details:
 * Title
 * Sub-title (in the form of a question) - see examples
 * Wikiversity user name
 * Details of any related previous book chapter topics (check via this search box)

Ask clarifying questions

 * What questions could you ask to help you to successfully tackle the major project?