Lecture 1

 8th offering of the unit

 What is a capstone?
o Large part on top of a building holding everything together
o It’s the last thing to go on, last thing that happens
o Drawing together the undergraduate degree/knowledge and synthesizing it into a
more holistic understanding to prepare you for future employment or study
 Aims of this study:
o Integration of knowledge
o Big picture thinking
o Preparation for transition to working with a psych degree or further study
o Reflection
 7-15% of people get offered jobs at their placement

Lecture 2
RESUMES, INTERVIEWS, & NETWORKING

 Well over 45% of graduates get their first job through networks
 Self-marketing is important
o The way you conduct your networking can give the employer an indication of
attitude and aptitude for the job
 Employers look for 3 big things:
o Technical/academic skills
o Personal/professional skills
o Cultural fit & team approach
 Resumes should:
o Be tailored to the job
o Have an “achievement orientation” rather than duties
o Evidence of how your experience has shaped your skills
o Check spelling, grammar, and punctuation
o Have clear headings, well spaced, and consistent formatting
o Be concise but contain quality information
o No more than 2-3 pages
o Use bullet points
o Have more important items close to the beginning
o Use positive language and be truthful

o Personal/contact details -> mobile, professional email; don’t have D.O.B or address
o Career objective
o Education -> start with most recent i.e. university, then high school
o Key professional skills and attributes
o Employment history
o Awards (relevant ones)
o Referees
 Cover letter
o Research potential employer
o Understand & respond to employees selection criteria
o Focus on examples, results, and achievements
o Place emphasis on contribution – a “win-win” situation
 Interview
o Use the STAR method
 Situation
 Task
 Action
  Results
Lecture 3
ETHICS

 Normative ethics – how we ought to behave (normal expected behaviour)

 Descriptive ethics – moral beliefs and motivations to act ethically
 Applied ethics – applying ethical theories & principles to particular domains (environmental
ethics)

 Normative ethics
o 3 core theories
 Consequentialism -> focuses on the consequences of our actions
 Main concepts
o Utility
o Good intention
o Greatest good for the greatest number
 Critique
o Unintended bad consequences
o Those left behind?
 Deontological ethics -> duty we ought to have in our specific lives
 Main concepts
o Categorical imperatives & duties
 Critique
o Removes personal factor (agency)
o Ignores emotions/feelings (duty supersedes emotions)
o There could be conflicting duties (e.g. duties with family
may conflict with duty to employer)
 Virtue ethics -> development of good character through good virtues
 Main concepts
o Decisions are based on good character through
development of virtues such as courage, benevolence,
compassion, loyalty
 Critique
o What virtues should be developed?
o Good character may not lead to good actions
o In particular situations, virtues could be conflicting
 Other ethical theories
o Ethics of Care
 Duty of care
 Developed based on type of people we are
o Non-Anthropocentric ethical theories
 Ethics beyond impact on humanity (e.g. treatment of animals)
 Ethical principles in PACE:
o Reciprocity
o Mutual benefit (for students, organisations, university)
 Human research – what constitutes?
o Surveys, interviews
o Psychological, physiological, medical tests or treatment
o Observation
o Personal documents/information
o Collection of body organs & tissues, exhaled breath
 Principles of ethical research:
o Merit & Integrity – purpose of research, circulation of results
o Justice – fairness to participants e.g. recruitment & effort required
o Beneficence – benefits must outweigh the costs
o Respect – voluntary, privacy, confidentiality