The Impact of Internship on Undergraduate Psychology Students’ Moral Sensitivity and Reasoning

• In Event: Roundtable Session 21
  In Roundtable Session: Moral Education, Behavior, and Reasoning: Academic Misconduct and Victimization

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a year-long internship on undergraduate psychology students’ moral sensitivity and reasoning using a repeated-measures design. Students’ moral sensitivity was measured by the Quick Racial and Ethical Sensitivity Test and moral reasoning was measured by the Defining Issues Test -2. Based on the analysis, the internship experience had a positive effect on students’ ethical sensitivity, whereas the effect on ethical reasoning was not as expected. Examination of the internship experiences has the potential to inform curricula design, especially with the national interest in assessing students learning outcomes in higher education.

Author

• Di You, Alvernia University