Prior to beginning work on this assignment, follow the instructions for the Brain Break Activities assignment and go outdoors and do something physical—take a walk, walk your dog, workout, play with your children, sit in a park or your backyard enjoying nature—anything that gets you up and moving. Spend at least 30 minutes exploring, observing, and enjoying physical activities. Keep detailed notes pertaining to how you feel and what you thought about during and after this experience as you will also need them for writing the Brain Break Activities assignment.
Case Study 1:
Texting and Driving Accident (Links to an external site.) (Calisi, n.d.). Driving while talking on a cell phone, even one that is hands-free, can cause errors in decision making and delays in response time.
Sixteen-year-old Emily and five of her teenage friends piled into Emily’s mother’s minivan to drive to a local football game on a Friday night. Emily had just gotten her license and was excited to drive to her first event but made sure that everyone was seat-belted before departing.
As they did, Emily cranked up the stereo and the girls began screaming and singing though Emily was driving safely and within the speed limit. Five minutes into Emily’s drive, she received a text message from her boyfriend Brian, telling her that he wanted to break off their relationship of one year. Rather than wait until she was out of the vehicle, Emily started texting and driving. Getting increasingly upset, Emily began texting using both hands, attempting to drive the minivan with her knees and elbows while reading text messages from Brian.
While not looking at the road, and reading a long message, Emily failed to notice that the minivan began to careen off the road. Unable to correct her driving due to her relative inexperience and all the distractions, Emily accelerated and drove off the road into a ditch. In this car accident, Emily bumped her head on the steering wheel and all the passengers experienced whiplash, with one receiving minor cuts due to the passenger window shattering. All five passengers and Emily were taken to the hospital for various injuries. Emily is headed to criminal court for negligence and causing bodily harm while driving.
Questions for Rough Draft assignment: Case Study 1
Explain how the central bottleneck contributes to those breakdowns in driving performance. How does inattentional blindness add to the problem? In your view, why do so many people believe themselves immune from these effects, even though others might be impaired by cell phone use during driving? Use course concepts on attention, remembering, decision-making, and problem-solving to explain your answer.
While researching and writing the Final Paper Rough Draft assignment, select and listen to one of these brain break interludes in the background:
(1 HOUR) Cognition Enhancer – Clearer, Smarter Thinking – Learning & Intelligence ISOCHRONIC (Links to an external site.)
ASMR Mediation Sound Therapy for Calming Anxiety (Using Tibetan Singing Bowls, Tuning Forks, Drums) (Links to an external site.)
Study Music – SUPER Memory & Concentration – Alpha Binaural Beat-Focus Music (Links to an external site.)
Review the “Questions for the Rough Draft Assignment” section for your selected case study then research and write a minimum of three pages for your rough draft assignment. Address the case study by evaluating each topic choice and illustrating specific scenarios, processes, or themes. Include an introductory paragraph with thesis statement and concluding paragraph that summarizes the rough draft. Include three resources for the rough draft (one of which may include the course text), and fully APA formatted title and reference pages.
While writing the rough draft assignment, take notes whether the physical activity and the brain break interlude helped or hindered your creativity before and during the writing of your rough draft. These notes will be part of your Brain Break Activities assignment. Use the bullet points below to guide you:
Did the physical activity “prep” you for writing the rough draft? Were you refreshed (or not) after completing the physical activity?
Was it comforting or distracting to have something on in the background while you were writing and developing your rough draft? Did you find that you could concentrate more or less with the interlude playing in the background?
What other thoughts, feelings, and ideas did you have while you were listening to the brain based interlude while writing? What was most or least helpful in writing the rough draft assignment?
Thoroughly analyze your internal thoughts, feelings, and ideas while you participated in both the physical exercise and brain-based interlude activities.
