5 pages
This assignment is intended to enhance your ability to make connections between 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 is able to discern that you can critique the article/media source in a scholarly way that is related to course material. This is a great launching point as you begin brainstorming for the Week 7 Creative Project.
Assignment Instructions
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 clearly depicted in the source you chose.
In your submission, please be sure to clearly 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).
Rather, the summary should be sufficient to demonstrate that you reviewed the article/media source and can convey the most relevant aspects as they relate to cognitive psychology.
Describe the cognitive psychology concept.
What does it mean in relation to 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 how it is portrayed 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 basic parts of a paper should also be included; these are the opening, introduction section, 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.
The APUS Library provides APA formatting resources at ********************** style=”cursor: auto;”>://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for general APA formatting information and for formatting help on many topics.
4 pages
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) has increasingly affected combat service members as the injuries sustained in combat have continued to evolve. TBI can affect the physical, psychological, sensory, and many other functions of service members during and after combat. However, the symptoms are easily misdiagnosed for other conditions, or missed completely. The purpose of this assignment is to determine the many ways one might sustain a TBI, looking at a specific region of the brain, and exploring appropriate treatment and management interventions that would assist in eliminating barriers in daily life functioning.
Review Brain Basics and the associated readings for this week, familiarizing yourself with the major parts of the brain and the functions each control.
Include the following elements based upon your review of Brain Basics:
Develop your own scenario that involves a combat related injury resulting in a TBI affecting an area of the brain.
Descriptions of symptoms that correlate to the sustained injury.
Areas to discuss might include symptoms manifested in the cognitive, emotional, sensory, neurological, psychomotor, physiological, psychological functions.
At least two examples of barriers that might be encountered in daily life because of the injury and manifested symptoms.
Identify appropriate treatment or intervention methods to minimize the effects of the experienced symptoms.
Discuss how each treatment/intervention will positively affect the service member’s or veteran’s life if properly implemented.
Work should be submitted in a Word document (doc. or docx.) or other compatible word processing document (.rtf), and be 4 to 6 pages in length, excluding the required title and reference page.
Scholarly sources should be cited both in-text and on the reference page of the submission. A minimum of five academic, scholarly sources are required to be cited in the work, 4 of which must be peer-reviewed journal articles. Course materials may not be used.
Submissions should be formatted per APA standards. Headers are required throughout the submission. For assistance and resources on APA formatting style, contact the APUS library and/or the APUS writing center.
The basic parts of a paper should also be included; these are the introduction section, with a precise thesis statement, the body of the paper with clear, discernable headings formatted to APA style levels of heading where appropriate, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and summarizes the major points of the entire paper.
Be sure to review the rubric and the announcements before beginning and submitting your assignment. The Week 3 assignment should be submitted by Sunday of Week 3, NLT 11:59 pm ET. The school Late Policy applies to all course assignments and can be found in the course syllabus.
5 pages
This assignment is intended to enhance your ability to make connections
