Internships and Psychology

by | Apr 21, 2020 | Psychology

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS – READ AND FOLLOW THESE CAREFULLY

  1. Prepare your response to the prompts below using your preferred software (e.g., Microsoft Word)
    and save your work.
  2. I highly recommend utilizing a network-based drive to ensure that you do not risk losing your work
    should a computer die, get lost or be stolen. There are many options available… and so far I’ve
    been very happy with DropBox (http://db.tt/hj6Mpj1e) Tip: it works best if you download and
    install the free software because then you can just save things to the DB folder on your computer
    like you already do and it will automatically save a copy on the network that you can access from
    anywhere. If even stores previous versions of the file in case you edit or delete it… that’s saved
    me more than once!)
  3. Do not use any direct quotes from any source. For this particular assignment you do not need to
    cite the course resources (I know where you are getting that from). However, if you use any
    outside source as a reference, you should be sure to cite it in a way that makes it clear what ideas
    came from them and which are your own. See http://ter.ps/psycethics for instructions.
  4. Proofread your work carefully… like any professional writing you will be required to do, it should
    be well organized, clear and free of typographical or grammatical errors. It can be helpful to have
    others proofread your work and I strongly encourage anyone that wants a strong Writing Quality
    score to schedule an appointment with the writing center (http://ter.ps/writing). Just be sure to
    write it and schedule that with enough time to make edits and submit.
  5. Once you have carefully proofread your work and are ready to submit it, prepare a PDF copy of
    your document and be sure it is titled as described above. If you are not familiar with how to
    create a PDF document there is a tutorial posted here: http://ter.ps/makePDFs. Only PDFs will be
    accepted for credit – any other file format will be rejected by ELMS.
  6. Log onto canvas.colorado.edu and submit the assignment. Late submissions will not be accepted,
    except for a documented, excused absence, so plan ahead for any technical difficulties you might
    encounter.
    Due: 12:00pm (Noon) on the day the assignment is scheduled for your group (see Canvas)
    Learning Outcomes – After completing this assignment you should be able to:
    • Locate information about how to apply for an internship
    • Write an appropriate cover letter
    • Apply concepts learned in this course to the application process
    • Apply concepts learned in this course to better performance in an internship experience
    You Will Need
    • University Career Center and the President’s Promise website: www.c4t.umd.edu
    PSYC 1001 – GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
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    Double-check that you have followed the instructions carefully before clicking
    Submit… once you click submit, that’s it.
    WRITING PROMPT
    Do you want a job after you graduate? If the answer is yes, then you would probably benefit from
    pursuing an internship while you are here. Fortunately, the principles that we discuss over the course of
    this semester can help you pursue an internship, interact with employers, and perform more effectively in
    an internship or job. There are lots of internships available to students. Sometimes, however, the
    internship you really want is not being offered. If that is the case, then you should propose an internship
    with the company/organization that you would like to work for. This assignment will help you with this
    process. You will hand in three pages for this assignment. You must do the following:
  7. The first page of your assignment should be a description of an internship with a real
    company/organization.
    a. Identify an internship that you would like to apply for. Do this by doing one of the following:
    i. Log on to the career services website: https://www.colorado.edu/career/. Find a real
    internship opportunity that you would actually like to apply for. OR
    ii. Find an actual company/organization that you would like to work for. This must be a
    real organization. Make up an internship opportunity with this company/organization.
    b. Give the internship description
    i. If you found an actual internship, copy and paste the internship description OR
    ii. If you are making up an internship, write a paragraph describing the internship
    c. Give the name and contact information of the real-life person who would be in charge of that
    internship. This must be a real person. The contact information must be real as well.
  8. The second page of your assignment should be a cover letter addressed to the person in charge of the
    internship. It should describe why you are interested in the internship and why he/she should choose
    you to fill the internship. This must be a professional cover letter. Do not begin this part of the
    assignment without visiting the career services website:
    https://www.colorado.edu/career/students/application-materials/cover-letters. If it is not formatted
    as a professional letter it is a zero for writing quality on the assignment. NOTE: For part two,
    your response should be at least two paragraphs but no more than one page.
  9. The third page of your assignment is a list of three principles that you have learned in this class that
    would help you with this internship. For each principle, describe how the principle would help you at
    the internship. These may be principles that would help you get the internship, interact with employees
    at the internship or be actual knowledge that you would need to perform the internship. NOTE: For
    the third section of the assignment please limit your response to 500 words.

Sample Solution

Sample solution

Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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