For this assignment, you will learn about court etiquette and observe court cases in-person. You will then provide a summary of your experience and prepare a report based on one of the cases you observed. The court observation assignment will be completed in three parts and all three parts must be completed to satisfy assignment requirements.

Part 1: Court Etiquette Test (5%)

You are required to familiarise yourself with the Court Etiquette Guidelines available on Moodle. You will then need to complete the Court Etiquette Test on Moodle by the end of Week 2 (refer to the course schedule). You must achieve 100% on this test to pass, but you may attempt the test as many times as necessary to achieve 100%. Parts 2 and 3 of this assignment will only be made available once you have achieved 100% on the Court Etiquette Test. This means that if you don’t score 100% by the end of Week 2, you will not be able to complete Parts 2 and 3 and will receive a mark of zero for all three parts of the Court Observation assignment. This would make it extremely difficult for you to pass the course. Refer to the assignment sheet on Moodle for more information about this assignment.

Part 2: Observation & Summary (15%)

For this part of the assignment, you will observe court cases in-person and then choose one of the cases you observed and answer a series of questions about your experience. You are required to provide details about what the case was about (e.g., the charges, who was present), what happened (e.g., what evidence was presented, whether a jury was present), and your thoughts on the court process (e.g., how the experience compared to your expectations). The summary template is available on Moodle. You should fill in and submit this template via Turnitin on Moodle by the end of Week 5 (refer to the course schedule). Refer to the assignment sheet on Moodle for more information about this assignment and the marking criteria. Marks and feedback will be provided within 10 days of the due date for Part 2.

Part 3: Report (20%)

Once you have completed Part 2: Summary, you are required to prepare a 1600 word report addressing a psychological question relevant to the case you described in Part 2. You will then identify three empirical journal articles which you will use to answer the psychological question you have chosen. The assignment sheet with the list of psychological questions, report template, resources to help you find and identify empirical journal articles, and a tutorial on writing in science are available on Moodle. To prepare your report, you should fill in and submit the template via Turnitin on Moodle by the end of Week 9 (refer to the course schedule). Refer to the assignment sheet on Moodle for more information about this assignment and the marking criteria. Marks and feedback will be provided 10 days from the due date for Part 3.