1. Learning outcomes of the assessment

You will be able to:

• Recognise key approaches and theory in the topic that you select.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of that topic and be able to show a clear understanding of the concept within psychology.

2.        Rationale for assessment

• The individual written essay allows you to focus on one topic in depth and be able to provide supporting psychological theory.
  • You should be able to draw on the content of the lecture, the core text book and references in preparation for the essay. This is not exhaustive and you can provide other sources of research.
  • You will also show that you can write clearly and begin to demonstrate that you can make links and connections between theory and methods pertinent to the topic you select.

3.        Guidelines for the assessment

• There are three titles to choose from which are outlined below.
  • Select which title you wish to write about and follow the guide information for that topic. Remember, this is a guide only, there may be other information or research that you wish to include that is relevant to what you are writing.
  • Make sure that you follow the written style guide for psychology assessments in your module handbook.
  • Make sure you use the originality link to check your work before submitting, and you can do that once every 24 hours.
  • Remember you can make use of Studiosity for independent comments on your work.

Assigned Essay titles

Choose one from the three essay titles below. Essays should be submitted to Turnitin.

A)       Compare and contrast Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories of cognitive development.

• Describe and evaluate evidence which suggests that information in long-term memory is stored in multiple memory systems.

C)       Do animals have language? In your answer, consider evidence from two different species of animal.