Overview
For this assignment, continue with the problem or concern you addressed in your previous assignment in Week 3.
For this assignment address affective (emotional) factors.
Again, briefly describe the concern, population, and setting. Once you describe the setting, concern, and population, explain theories that can be applied to understanding and addressing emotional factors surrounding the concern. These may be learning theories, psychological theories, biological theories, or other theories. Apply the theories to create a better understanding of affective 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 emotional or affective factors related to the concern or problem. (You may want to use both terms—emotion and affect—when conducting your library or Google Scholar search).
Once you select the articles that are most relevant, describe the research design, methods of data collection, and the findings. Apply the 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?
Next, address ethics that may arise for professionals in your scope of practice when addressing or intervening in the concern. You may use the American Psychological Association's code, or a professional code that is more specific to your discipline if you are not in a psychology program.
Your assignment submission will be graded using the following rubric criteria:
- Apply theory to understanding affective factors related to a specific concern for a specific population.
- Describe research design and methods from scholarly research, including neuroscience.
- Apply research findings in neuroscience to understanding affective factors related to a specific concern.
- Analyze ethical issues that may arise in professional practice in addressing a specific concern.
- 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.