Discuss how dividing attention facilitates or impedes each team member’s learning.

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Week Three: Memory, Thought, Language, and Intelligence
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Objectives 3  
3.1  Examine the processes of memory and information processing.
3.2  Describe short-term memory and long-term memory in relationship to each other.
3.3  Compare and contrast language, thought, reasoning, and problem solving.
3.4  Explore the definitions of intelligence and the validity of intelligence measurements.
3.5  Articulate the relationship between memory and intelligence.		    
Readings Read Ch. 6–8 of Psychology.
Review this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings		    
Participation Participate in class discussion, posting one, 200+ word essay for each of the two Discussion Questions. Days 3 & 5 2
Discussion Questions Respond to weekly discussion question postings of others on four days, two responses per day.   2
Individual Gardner Intelligence paper Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you discuss the theory of multiple intelligences developed by Howard Gardner.  Pick three and discuss how each can have an impact on your personal success.  Below is a list of the eight intelligences:
 
·         Linguistic
·         Musical
·         Logical-Mathematical
·         Naturalist
·         Spatial
·         Bodily-Kinesthetic
·         Intrapersonal
·         Interpersonal
 
Use at least three credible, authored references
 
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.		 Day 7 10
Learning Team
Sensation, Perception, and Attention Paper		 Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you discuss the type of environment that facilitates the attention and perceptive processes of each Learning Team member. In order to prepare your report, perform the following activities:
 
·         Conduct an open dialogue about each team member’s threshold for auditory stimuli.
 
·         Compare the experiences and comfort levels of each team member with dichotic listening, or the “cocktail party” phenomenon.
 
·         Discuss how dividing attention facilitates or impedes each team member’s learning.
 
·         Identify and articulate what you see as the sensory perception problem involved.
 
 
Use at least three credible, authored references.
 
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.