Week 3 Around the Web with Cognitive Psychology
100 Possible Points
This assignment is intended to enhance your ability to connect the course readings and “real-life” situations and the everyday occurrence of cognitive processes as depicted in popular media and professional research sources. This is your opportunity to express your thoughts succinctly and coherently. Be creative, but ensure that the reader can discern that you can critique the article/media source in a scholarly way related to the course material. This is a great launching point as you begin brainstorming for the Week 7 Creative Project.
Assignment
For this assignment, you are tasked with identifying a research article or reliable, popular media source (news segment, blog article, etc.) that focuses on a topic related to cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, of a specific process or function we have addressed in the first three weeks of the course.
Upon identifying your select media option, you will draft a 5 to 6-page reflection paper summarizing the media sources’ topic and its relevance to our understanding of cognition and learning. Any topic discussed in our readings is fair game but needs to be depicted in your chosen source.
In your submission, please be sure to address the following topics:
Briefly describe the article/media source you selected (e.g. its plot, characters, themes, etc.).
This description does not need to be lengthy (the entire plot or process explained does not need to be explained; hit the high points).
Instead, the summary should be sufficient to demonstrate that you reviewed the article/media source and can convey the most relevant aspects related to cognitive psychology.
Describe the cognitive psychology concept.
What does it mean about your article/media source?
How do you see it displayed in the article/media source you chose?
What new information have you learned about cognitive psychology and its portrayal in the public eye?
Does the information portrayed in the article have broader implications for the field of cognitive psychology as it is presented?
Why or why not, and what might the effects be with changes or remaining the same?
Close your work with a brief but succinct summary of the major takeaway points from your exploration around the web with cognitive psychology
Include a minimum of 5 to 6 pages, not including the required APA formatted required title and reference pages; submit APA style in-text citations throughout the work as well.
The essential parts of a paper should also be included; these are the opening, and introduction sections, with a precise thesis statement, the body of the paper with clear, discernable headings where appropriate, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and summarizes the major points of the entire paper.
” my chosen source” Primary article source to use and compare to class lesson material:
https://parentingscience.com/working-memory/
Working memory in children: What parents and teachers need to know
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Class resources information: (use at least three resources.
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/cognitive-psychology-2/view
Cherry, K. (2017). Drive-reduction theory definition and examples: Biological need motivates behavior. Retrieved from: https://www.verywell.com/drive-reduction-theory-2795381
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. (2017, August 11). Retrieved from: http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cognitive-behavioral-therapy/home/ovc-20186868
Cognitive Psychology. (n.d.). Research methods: How should we study the mind. Retrieved from: http://cognitivepsychology.wikidot.com/cognition:research-methods
Leahy, R. (n.d.). What is cognitive therapy. Retrieved from: http://cognitivetherapynyc.com/What-Is-Cognitive-Therapy.aspx
Mastin, L. (2010). The human memory: What it is, how it works and how it can go wrong. Retrieved from: http://www.human-memory.net/
Mohs, R. (n.d.) How human memory works. Retrieved from: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/human-memory2.htm
Psychology of Memory. (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://www.psychologyandsociety.com/memory.html
Shedler, J. & Manis, M. (1986). Can the availability heuristic explain vividness effects? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 26-36. doi.10.1037/0022-3514.51.1.26
Rubric posted in attachments.
