Motivation and emotion/Assessment/Topic/Feedback

This page summarises general feedback for the topic development exercise. Read this general feedback in conjunction with the individual feedback placed on each chapter's discussion page.

1. Title and sub-title should match the exact wording and casing listed in the book's table of contents; any changes should be negotiated
2. Don't display user name – authorship is as per the page's editing history (there are likely multiple contributors)

1. The best structures are typically 2-levels with 3 to 6 main body top-level headings between the Overview and Conclusion and, for longer sections, 3 to 6 sub-headings
2. The best structures exhibit close alignment between the sub-title question(s), focus questions, and top-level headings
3. Stronger topic development proposals tend to use more descriptives headings, however aren't overly complicated (e.g., humans tend to create overly short headings whereas genAI LLM tools tend to create overly long headings)
4. Headings should use sentence casing (i.e., lower-case except for the first letter and proper nouns)

1. The best topic developments typically start with a short scenario and corresponding figure in a feature box, then briefly described the problem/phenomenon from a psychological point of view, and finish with well-honed focus questions that unpack the sub-title in a feature box

1. The best submissions provide key points with citations to the best psychological theory and research about the topic
2. Submissions with limited or missing development of key points indicate poor understanding of the topic
3. A plan for the Conclusion (the most important section) was often missing or underdeveloped
4. When a section has sub-sections, provide an introductory paragraph before the first sub-heading
5. Many submissions could be improved by using Studiosity, Grammarly, and/or other tools such as generative artificial intelligence (genAI) large language models to correct grammatical and spelling errors and help improve the quality of written expression
6. However, overreliance on genAI commonly leads to issues such as overly complicated heading structures, overly broad and overly specific focus questions, overly comprehensive detail about each aspect, and plans that do not indicate that the author has an indepth understanding of the best psychological theory and research about the topic
7. Use of genAI content needs to be acknowledged in edit summaries, otherwise it violates academic integrity

1. Almost all topic developments included a relevant image
2. Most figure captions could be improved by expanding to a make clearer connection to key points in the main text
3. Cite each figure at least once using APA style (e.g., see Figure 1)

1. The best topic development use at least one out of the following:
   1. multiple embedded interwiki links for the first mention of key words
   2. examples/scenarios/case studies (often more examples would improve the chapter). The best scenarios show theory in action through real-world type scenarios.
   3. figures
   4. quiz questions about the take-away message(s) (avoid putting these in a stand-alone section – instead, embed each question(s) within the relevant section)

1. Very few submissions use perfect APA style (7th ed.) for citations and references
2. The most common issues are:
   1. Incorrect capitalisation
   2. Incorrect italicisation
   3. providing dois as plain text rather than as active hyperlinks
3. The best submissions identify relevant systematic reviews or meta-analyses

1. See also
   1. The best topic developments provide embedded interwiki links to at least one Wikipedia and at least one Wikiversity page, using bullet points, with source information in brackets - e.g., (Wikipedia) or (Book chapter, 2025)
2. External links
   1. Include source in brackets after the link - e.g., (YouTube)
   2. Ensure relevance to an international audience

1. Generally used effectively, with a self-introduction and link to book chapter
2. The main area for potential improvement are expanding information about the user
3. Consider linking to your professional online profile(s) — the most effective professional networking strategy is to do interesting things and share them publicly[1]

1. Sometimes three of the same type of contributions are made rather than demonstrating an ability to make three different types of contribution:
   1. Direct edit to improve a past or present chapter
   2. Comment on the talk page of a past or present chapter
   3. Post to an external discussion platform about the topic or unit (e.g., UCLearn discussion of #emot24 on X)
2. Only direct links to evidence are counted for marking purposes. To create a direct link to Wikiversity edits, view the page history, select the version of the page before and after your contributions, click "compare selected revisions", and then copy this website address to your user page. For more info, see the book chapter author guidelines.