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Assessment Task:

“Using psychological research to support your discussion, critically evaluate the importance of Cognitive Psychology and The Psychology of Individual Differences for understanding employee behaviour”.

Assignment Guidelines:

The essay task is asking you to use psychological research to discuss the importance and impact of applying core areas of psychology to behaviour in the workplace. You have the choice of various employee behaviours to focus on for your essay, but you should ensure that your discussion is supported with organisational psychology research studies which have investigated the employee behaviour(s) of your choosing.

Using supporting empirical research studies as reported in academic journals is an important aspect of this essay task so you should ensure that all discussion points are appropriately supported with empirical research from primary sources (ie: journal articles rather than textbooks). Care should be taken to ensure the relevance of such research also.

The content of this essay should go beyond descriptive material and key issues covered in the online materials used in the delivery of your course. You need to demonstrate that you have undertaken appropriate additional reading and research, as well as showing your knowledge of contemporary research studies in your chosen employee behaviour.

• Supporting psychological research should be reported using the APA system of referencing, in the main body of the essay and in an appropriate, full and detailed reference section at the end of the essay.
• Essays should be presented in Arial or Comic Sans font and 1.5 line spacing.
• Subsections should not be used within an academic essay.
• Word count should be 3000 words + or minus 10%.

Learning Outcomes to be assessed (as specified in the validated module descriptor https://icis.southwales.ac.uk/):

• Critically evaluate a range of theoretical frameworks and/or models of psychology applied to working environments.
• Critically assess the effects of contextual factors on individuals in the workplace and how psychologies might respond to these