APU PSYC303 Full Course Latest 2018 November Question # 00597786 Subject: Education Due on: 02/06/2019 Posted On: 02/06/2019 10:29 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.5/5

PSYC303
Learning and Cognition

Week 1 Forum

Introduction to Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive
Neuroscience

Part I:

Introduce yourself to the class.

Who are you? Where are you from and currently residing or
stationed?

What are your current and/or future educational aspirations
and goals?

What are your learning goals for this course?

What are your interests outside of college?

Part II:

What is your understanding of cognitive psychology? How does
cognition play into one’s awareness, recollection, understanding,
communication, and even learning? How does one’s cognition play a key role in
one’s identity?

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Learning and Cognition

Week 2 Forum

Working Memory Capacity

As we move into Week 2 and begin to dig deeper into
cognition and learning, we see there are many important topics to discuss this
week and in the weeks to follow! An intriguing topic that affects us all is
that of memory. Working memory, which is often conflated with short-term memory
(STM) is the topic of our forum this week. Our course materials inform us of
the limited capacity of the working memory and the need to essentially flip the
data processed in immediately, transferring it into a meaningful information we
can use to address the issues presented.

Let’s take a moment to review a great Ted Talks video with
speaker Peter Doolittle (2013), who discusses the concept of working memory and
how it influences our day to day activities.

The Working Memory tests linked below provide us with an
excellent opportunity to test our working memory capacity!

Free Working Memory Tests

http://opencoglab.org/memtest1/

https://youtu.be/l6TrsYI1Grk

For this week’s Forumforum, complete the Working Memory
Capacity Demo provided in the link.

Complete at the working memory tests on each site and
view/summarize your results for each.

Share your results with the group in your initial forum
post.

Discuss how you performed on each test, noting whether your
working memory capacity was significantly greater on one test over the others.

Note why this may have been; did the course materials offer
support to suggest an explanation for your results?

Finally, share your greatest take away from the activity as
it relates to your working memory capacity.

References

Doolittle, P. (2013, June). Peter Doolittle: How your
“working memory” makes sense of the world [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_doolittle_how_your_working_memory_makes_sense_of_the_world

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Learning and Cognition

Week 3 Forum

Motivation and Emotion

In our day-to-day experiences, cognition and motivation are
two, intertwined processes that guide our behavior and even the planning of
future behavior. As an inherent process, motivation serves to direct our
needs-driven behaviors, at the most basic level, ensuring survival; at more
sophisticated, complex levels, motivation directs our goals-driven behaviors,
working to satisfy those higher-order needs we hold. Various factors (e.g.
other individuals, situations, awareness, etc.) may influence the just how
motivated one becomes in each situation. Similarly, emotional regulation plays
an important role in directing goal related behavior; identifying the effects
of emotional leverage is important in motivationally directed behavior.

For this week’s forum, reflect on your personal experiences,
thinking about the influence of motivation and emotion in your own life.

Discuss the theory of motivation you see as most applicable
to your life and behaviors, sharing how you become and remain motivated to
reach your goals.

Based on your reflection, how has emotion affected your
motivation-driven behaviors?

PSYC303
Learning and Cognition

Week 4 Forum

Evolutional Perspectives on Cognition

Our behaviors are affected by many factors, including the
way in which we receive and process information. The knowledge, awareness, and
perceptual processes we have can all be influenced by both external and
internal occurrences. Albert Ellis, in his Forumof Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy,
provides us with food for thought in understanding how our internal
discussions, or self-talk, serve as a buffer in behavioral change at the
emotional level. From an evolutionary perspective, behavior may develop from
knowledge, awareness, perception, labeling, and retention, among other forces.

After reviewing the course materials for the week, share
your thoughts on how the Theory of Evolution helps one develop and change over
time.

In addition, discuss how you identify changes you have seen
in your development, noting the specific theory that is most closely related to
your developmental changes.

PSYC303
Learning and Cognition

Week 5 Forum

Observational Learning

Below is a link to Bandura’s Bobo Doll experiment, which is
addressed in our course materials for the week. The experiment reminds us of
the foundational makeup of social learning theory and the role observational
learning may have in shaping behaviors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqNaLerMNOE

For your initial post this week, think about the modeling
steps in observational learning.

Discuss the ways in which prosocial and antisocial learning
affect one’s observational learning.

Think about how children and adults are influenced by
behaviors and how they mimic actions of others.

What are a few suggestions one can offer to help others be
more cautious of their behaviors and how those behaviors can influence others
in the role of observer?

PSYC303
Learning and Cognition

Week 6 Forum

Expressing Creativity

his week, in our course materials, we are challenged to
consider aspects of intelligence and creativity. Creativity, we learn, is an
important skill applied in solving novel problems and creating unique goods,
products, services, or ideas.

Elizabeth Kirk (2016) explores the role of gesturing in
encouraging creative thought in young children. The study conducted revealed
gesturing increased the number of novel ideas generated by children. This gives
us much to consider as we look at what drives our creativity!

Considering the course materials for the week, think about
the situations in which your creativity is at its highest. In what format is
your creativity best expressed?

If you were asked to define and develop a measure
appropriate for your ideal display of creativity, how would the definitions and
instruments of measures be described?

ReferencesKirk, E. (2016, December 14). Gesturing can boost
children’s creative thinking. Retrieved from
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/gesturing-can-boost-childrens-creative-thinking.html

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Learning and Cognition

Week 7 Forum

Problem-Solving, Reasoning, and Decision-Making

In our course materials this week, we were introduced to
some very useful information about the processes in which we engage to solve
problems, reason, and make important (and not so important) decisions. Several
methods and strategies were explained in our reading and now we will take the
time to put some of the information to use!

Click the link below to get to the game for this Forumforum;
you will be relatively familiar with it, some more than others.

http://www.y8.com/games/deal_or_no_deal

Rules to the game are available on the website for those
needing additional instructions. While playing the game, be sure to keep note
of your steps, the processes in which you are engaging throughout the game, and
why.

After completing the game, it should only take about 5 to 7
minutes to play, discuss your processes throughout the selection and
decision-making steps of the game.

Discuss the influence of reasoning, risk-taking, framing,
emotions, mental models, and other processes and factors in the decision-making
process on your final decision to make a deal or not make a deal.

Identify and explain the problem-solving and decision-making
models you feel you used while navigating the game and how these may have been
improved upon reflection of the activity.

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Learning and Cognition

Week 8 Forum

Take-Aways

This week’s forum is a space for reflection on learning
opportunities as we wrap up our course.

First: Share three “take-away” elements of the
course that added to your understanding of cognitive psychology and that you
believe will serve you well in the future in both your personal and
professional lives and explain why.

Second: Describe the most meaningful three experiences you
had while participating in the course discussions with your classmates,
focusing not on the forum topics but rather on what was meaningful about
building knowledge via dialogs with your fellow learners.

Third: Complete the sentence below. In filling in the
blanks, think about information that you learned in completion of the course
rather than a preformed opinion in place at the time we started 8 weeks ago and
elaborate in the space following the word “because” about why you
picked what you did (just one pick; no hedging with multiple ideas).

If I could pick just one thing that the world would be well
served to better understand about cognitive psychology, it would be
________________. I chose this because ________________.

Please don’t breeze through this forum. It is graded as much
for substance, insight and careful thought as all the previous discussions
were.

Note: Please make sure your responses are scholarly and are
supported by connections to readings and concepts from the literature.
Citations are not required for Forumforums.

PSYC303
Learning and Cognition

Week 3
Around the Web Paper

Assignment Instructions

Week 3 Around the Web with Cognitive Psychology

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 to able to discern that you can
critique the article/media source in a scholarly way as 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 of these area 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 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 take away points from your exploration around the web with cognitive
psychology.

Include a minimum 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
Writing@APUS. You may also see Purdue’s OWL
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for general APA formatting
information and for formatting help on many topics.

PSYC303
Learning and Cognition

Week 5
Paper Brain Structures and Functions

For this assignment, you are tasked with completing a
6-8-page paper that addresses the major structures of the brain and the
influence these have on cognition and learning. By completing this assignment,
you will demonstrate (a) an understanding of the major brain structures, (b)
fluency in the processes that occur within the brain, leading to the learning
of specific behaviors, and (c) the connections of the relationships required
between major brain structures and cognitive functions to facilitate the learning
process.

In completing the assignment, include the following,
ensuring details are provided to fully elucidate the concepts presented:

Select 2-3 learning experiences, describing, in detail, how
each experience generally occurs.

Examples of learning experiences one might consider are
learning to ride a bike, learning a new language, learning to bake a cake, to
name a few.

In describing each learning experience, identify at least 4
specific brain structures or functions that contribute to or impede the
selected learning processes.

For each identified function or structure, describe and
define the structure of the brain and purpose, with detail.

Include a diagram, a process model, or provide another
visual representation of the brain structures and functions depicting accurate
examples of the structural changes that might occur or steps in the process of
the learning tasks selected.

As a major purpose of the work is to demonstrate an
understanding of the brain structures related to learning processes, close your
work with a succinct summary of the major aspects of the topic from the
learning experiences you selected.

Share your conclusions as a result of completing this
project; how is the knowledge you have gained useful to the field of cognitive
psychology, the larger field of psychology, and society overall?

Include a minimum 6 to 7 pages, not including 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 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.

The APUS Library provides APA formatting resources at
Writing@APUS. You may also see Purdue’s OWL
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for general APA formatting
information and for formatting help on many topics.

PSYC303
Learning and Cognition

Week 7
PowerPoint Creative Project

The goal of the presentation is to demonstrate your
understating of the fundamental role of learning and cognition in numerous
processes and functions including perception, pattern recognition, attention,
consciousness, learning, memory, concept formation, thinking, imaging,
remembering, language, intelligence, emotions, and developmental processes, to
name a few. This project is intended to provide you an opportunity to examine
the concepts of cognition and learning that are of greatest interest to you,
with the course content as a guide.

Drawing on your knowledge of course concepts, identify a
topic of interest related to cognitive psychology. Examples of topics one might
consider include learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, emotional
regulation, memory enhancement, or learning a language.

In a PowerPoint presentation of at least 20 slides, not
including title or reference slides, present your selected topic, demonstrating
clear connections to cognitive psychology concept(s) introduced the course. In
your presentation, include the following elements:

Identify, describe, define, and discuss, with detail, the
selected topic related to a cognitive psychology concept.

Provide critical analyses in the examination of the topic;
the relevance of the topic on its own and its connection to cognitive
psychology should be established early and effectually in the work.

Note the topic’s relation to cognitive psychology,
discussing the major functions/processes involved.

This may include multiple structures of the brain,
functions, and processes of cognition; be thorough and inclusive.

In the discussion, identify whether the topic is an
occurrence of normal or abnormal cognitive functions/processes and how these
functions/processes may be enhanced or impeded.

Provide clear definitions and/or explanations for the
cognitive psychology concepts included within the work as links to the selected
topic are made.

Close your work with the major take away points of the
presentation.

Include appropriate attributions to sources for
photographic, artistic, and/or graphic depictions displayed within the
presentation.

In developing your work, be sure to rely upon academic,
scholarly sources to support the information included. Scholarly sources should
be cited both in-text and on the reference slide of the submission. A minimum
of three (3) academic, scholarly sources are required to be cited in the work.

Work should be submitted in a PowerPoint file or other
compatible file, and be at least 20 slides in length, excluding the required
title slide and separate reference slide. Detailed speaker notes should
accompany slides containing mostly bullet point data to include the details expected
in the instructions above.

The Week 7 assignment should be submitted by SUNDAY of Week
7, NLT 11:55 pm ET to the Week 7 Assignment Link accessed through the
Assignments Link on the left of the main course screen. The school Late Policy
applies to all course assignments and can be found in the course syllabus.

Citations and reference pages of the submission should be
formatted per 6th edition (revised) APA standards. For assistance and resources
on APA formatting style, please see the APUS Writing Center at
Writing@APUS. You may also see Purdue’s
OWL https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for general APA
formatting information and for formatting help on many topics.

PSYC303
Learning and Cognition

Week 8
Final Essay Exam

The Final Essay Exam is due for submission by 11:55 pm ET
Sunday of WEEK 8 of the course to the Week 8 Assignment Link accessed through
the Assignments Link on the left of the main course screen. The school Late
Policy applies to all course assignments and can be found in the course
syllabus.

Each response must be a minimum of 250 words, include APA
formatted, in-text citations, and a full, APA formatted reference list at the
end of each response. For assistance and resources on APA formatting style,
please see the APUS Writing Center at Writing@APUS. You may also see Purdue’s
OWL https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ for general APA
formatting information and for formatting help on many topics.

The total possible points for the Final Essay Exam is 180
points; point allocation for each short essay response is indicated above each
question. Please see the assignment rubric for complete point breakdown and
contact your professor with additional questions or concerns.

The following questions are worth 40 possible points each.

Maslow noted that humans have some needs that press over
others. Discuss, with adequate detail, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and provide
an example of how his structure allows people to prioritize the various needs
experienced.

Increased cue availability in the decision-making process
generally leads to better, more accurate decisions being made. Ecological
rationality is, in part, grounded by this assertion. Explain the concept of
ecological rationality, its accepted limitations, and benefits as a model in
decision-making. Share your thoughts on its usefulness to your own
decision-making processes.

Define and discuss the concept of intelligence. Considering
the types of intelligence presented in the course materials, which
conceptualization do you believe most comprehensively represents human
intelligence? Provide your rationale for your selection.

Discuss the relationship between memory and learning,
exploring whether one process disproportionately affects the other or if these
two processes have reciprocal influences on each other. Share a few methods or
techniques that might be applied to enhance or improve the affected process or
processes in this relationship, ultimately resulting in better memory or
improved learning capabilities.

The following question is worth 20 points.

Discuss the most useful information you have learned in
Cognition and Learning. Share the ways the new knowledge will affect your
day-to-day activities, or thoughts about your activities, moving forward.