The challenge of teaching communication skills outlined in Goal 4 of the APA Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major is that it occurs in many contexts and the communicator must adapt the form to match both context and purpose. We created a taxonomy of dimensions and kinds of communication that represents the various contexts in communication assignments in psychology classes. We propose a curricular-level solution to assessing the development of communication skill, including multiple assessment opportunities in both course and curriculum with progressively higher standards. We discuss how different forms of rubrics can be used to assess communication and created a “common” rubric that can be adapted and used to assess communication across many different contexts. Finally, since social media have increased the frequency of exposure to often engaging, but misleading or inaccurate communication, we discuss the value of being able to judge the validity of received communications and the importance of teaching students how to evaluate messages critically.

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跨受众、目的和背景评估目标 4 的心理学沟通技巧

本科心理学专业 APA 指南目标 4 中概述的教授沟通技巧的挑战在于，它发生在许多环境中，沟通者必须调整形式以匹配背景和目的。我们创建了一个沟通维度和种类的分类法，它代表了心理学课程中沟通任务的各种背景。我们提出了一个课程级别的解决方案来评估沟通技巧的发展，包括在课程和课程中以逐渐提高的标准提供多种评估机会。我们讨论了如何使用不同形式的量规来评估沟通，并创建了一个“通用”量规，该量规可以适应并用于评估跨许多不同环境的沟通。最后，