Cognitive factors to consider may include:
- Perception.
- Consciousness.
- Attention.
- Memory.
- How knowledge is represented, manipulated, and organized.
- How language is acquired and processed.
- Problem solving and creativity.
- Decision-making and reasoning.
- Human or artificial intelligence.
- For this assignment, select a problem or concern for a specific population or group with whom your specialization works or would work that can be addressed by consideration of cognitive and affective (emotional) factors. In your paper, describe the concern, describe the population, and describe the setting. For example, you might be working in a school with children who experience school anxiety or are targets of bullying, or you might be working in a mental health clinic with those who have personality disorders or who suffer from chronic depression. These are just examples from many possibilities. Choose a population and concern of interest to you and your future goals as a practitioner. Once you describe the setting, concern, and population, explain theories that can be applied to understanding and addressing the concern. These may be learning theories, psychological theories, biological theories, or others. Apply the theories to create a better understanding of cognitive factors that may be relevant for the population in reference to the concern or problem. Next, explore research on the subject. Search for scholarly articles that address cognitive factors related to the concern or problem. Present research findings from the articles and then apply those findings to a better understanding of the population and concern. What was researched? What did the researchers find? How can it be applied to the population and concern you are addressing within your professional scope of practice?In your paper, also address the diversity that may exist within the population with whom you are working. The diversity may reflect, for example, going on our previous examples, diversity within a student body, or clinical population, or based on age, culture, gender identity, range of abilities within a certain area, demographic location, or others. Make sure that your sources are properly cited and referenced according to the current edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.Check your spelling, grammar, and flow and cohesion of ideas.This part of your assignment submission aligns with the following rubric criteria:
- Apply theory to understanding cognitive factors related to a specific concern for a specific population.
- Apply research findings to understanding cognitive factors related to a specific concern.
- Describe diversity within the specific population served.
- Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
- Format paper, citations, and references using APA style with few errors.
Part 2
Once you have completed your paper, create a 1–2 page handout or fact sheet for the population of interest about the concern. Provide some of the professional information that you have gathered in a way that is appropriate for the audience. Provide information and resources that may benefit the audience. Attach the handout along with your completed paper. - Length of Paper: 5–6 double-spaced pages of content, in addition to an APA-style title page and reference list.
- Length of Handout: 1–2 pages, as appropriate, to convey the information and desired format of your handout to your chosen audience.