Undertaking Capstone and Final Year Projects in Psychology: Practical Guide for Students

Undertaking Capstone and Final Year Projects in Psychology serves a seminal purpose in guiding its readers to create a capstone project. The text employs traditional and emerging methodologies and methods in order to posit an exhaustive approach that the psychology students can adopt to see their project to fruition.

The text aims at fortifying the reader’s skills through the structure of its chapters as they begin to work on their capstone or final year project. The chapters collectively explore the varied aspects that are involved in the completion of a final year project, that is, beginning from the inception of the idea to laying the foundation, designing the project, analysing the data, and, finally, presenting the findings. The text guides the reader through each step and provides further guidance on approaching the idea, coming up with the research question, positioning it within the epistemological and ontological context, and constructing the theoretical framework to arrive at the optimal design solutions.

The text will be useful for psychology students who are currently completing a capstone or a final year project. It is further aimed at psychology students who will subsequently be working on a project and are looking forward to gaining cognisance regarding the approach and the methodology to be adopted for the same.

Jolanta Burke, Ph.D. is a chartered psychologist and a senior lecturer at the Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is an editor-in-chief of the Journal of Happiness and Health. Her latest books are The Ultimate Guide to Implementing Wellbeing Programmes for School and Applied Positive School Psychology published by Routledge. For more information, please go to www.jolantaburke.com.

Majella Dempsey, Ed.D. is an associate professor at Maynooth University. She is strand leader for the professional doctorate in curriculum studies and lectures on undergraduate and postgraduate modules. Majella supervises students at master’s and doctoral levels. She is research active, leading large- and small-scale projects focused on teaching, learning, assessment, and curriculum.