Community Service: Sections III and IV

Details for section 3 and 4 for Community service paper

Please submit a title page as the first page of your Sections III and IV report, including a word count for Sections III and IV.

Section III: Integration of Your Community Service Experience with Psychological Theory and Concepts

Choose *three* psychological concepts or theories presented in your text or presented during this course and apply them to analyze your community service experience. In other words, integrate the concept or theory with your community service experience. Each concept or theory you choose for this section should be specific. For example, if you volunteered in a school setting, you may want to describe how the teacher used operant conditioning to influence his/her students.

Please avoid explaining the theory or defining the concept. Instead, fully integrate the theory/concept with the person you selected. Please see the instructor for assistance with this section if you need help.

Suggestions:

1. Apply Maslow's hierarchy of Needs/Motives to explain the program/services.This has to be in 3rd person only.

2. Apply theories of motivation to explain your own motivation to serve. This has to be in 1st person only.

3. Apply Erickson theory about Psycho-Social. This has to be in 3rd person only.

These are * three * psychological concepts or theories to apply them to analyze the community service experience.

The word count guideline for this section is about 600 words.

Section IV: Reflection

Discuss any conclusions you may have about your community service experience. Was your experience worthwhile? How did this experience change your perceptions, feelings, thoughts, and attitudes? What did you expect that did not occur during your community service? How might the non-profit you served change for the better?

The word count guideline for this section is about 200 words.