EPQ Timeline
By this Task What I Learnt Modifications
Date
☒ 07/09/1 Complete online Southampton University Invaluable presentational skills and Because of NCS and work experience I was
8 MOOC : “Developing Your Research Project” research methodology, including guides unable to start the course effectively and
course on how to reference my work and make notes, so I changed the end date to
structure my dissertation 25/09/18. This did not affect my research.
☒ 13/09/1 Go to Sanderstead Library. Borrow any books I went to Croydon library instead, as
8 relating to psychopathy I borrowed the book Touched by the Sanderstead library did not have any books
Devil: Inside the Minds of Psychopaths in about psychopathy. I also could not find the
Australia by Shea and Clarke, which is book The Psychopath Test, which was
about Australian psychopathic killers recommended by my supervisor, so I will try
and stalkers, including their reasoning to find PDF versions online.
behind their acts as told in interviews. It
also tells facts about psychopathy.
☒ 13/09/1 Continue adding to research diary and decide I found several sources which allowed I decided to stop adding to my research diary
8 on my initial working title me to understand how to structure my until I decided on my essay title to prevent
dissertation. myself reading around things I do not want to
include my dissertation, ensuring that later
research would be more specific to my
chosen area of research.
☒ 21/09/1 Read Touched by the Devil: Inside the Minds I became aware of the typical I did not finish the book as the ending was
8 of Psychopaths in Australia by Shea and behaviours of psychopathy, like being about how to prevent you from becoming a
Clarke callous and glib. I also found examples victim of a psychopath. I thought this was
of case studies which I can use in my subjective as not all psychopaths are
report. criminals/violent, making me cautious about
using factual information directly from this
book without using other sources as
verification. However, Clarke does lectures on