Write a 3–4-page assessment in which you use research articles to examine how social connections and support can promote physical and mental health.

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EXAMINE HOW SOCIAL CONNECTIONS AND SUPPORT CAN PROMOTE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

Write a 3–4-page assessment in which you use research articles to examine how social connections and support can promote physical and mental health.
Social psychology can help us understand our relationships with others.
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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 2: Apply social psychological research and theory to examine social perception, social interaction, and social influence.
  • Explain how research findings in the field of social psychology can help individuals understand relationships with others.
  • Competency 4: Examine the research methods frequently used in the study of social psychology.
  • Describe the data collection methods used in research studies in the field of social psychology.
  • Describe the designs used in research studies in the field of social psychology.
  • Explain arguments made by researchers in the field of social psychology.
  • Explain research findings in the field of social psychology.
  • Competency 7: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.
  • Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a psychology professional.

Use APA format and style.

Describe ethical challenges researchers face when conducting research on controversial topics.

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Write a 4–5-page assessment in which you apply theories and concepts about prejudice, stereotypes, and groups to different points related to these topics.
Prejudice and stereotyping seem to be part of the human condition, and it is essential to examine how attitudes develop in order to change our behavior as individuals and as a society.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 2: Apply social psychological research and theory to examine social perception, social interaction, and social influence.
  • Examine how attitudes and behaviors of a group influence prejudice and stereotyping.
  • Explain how membership in a group influences social judgment.
  • Competency 3: Analyze social psychological theory and research to explain personal, professional, and social issues.
  • Analyze how portrayal of ethnic, cultural, and social groups by the media influences social perception of the group and perpetuates stereotyping.
  • Analyze how subtle stereotyping and cognitive dissonance can affect the ability to bring about social change.
  • Competency 5: Examine controversial research studies in social psychology from an ethical standpoint.
  • Describe ethical challenges researchers face when conducting research on controversial topics.
  • Competency 6: Apply critical thinking skills to resolve conflicts and issues in the field of social psychology.
  • Examine the implications and consequences for society of not addressing prejudice and stereotyping.
  • Competency 7: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.
  • Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a psychology professional.

Use APA format and style.

Describe one research question you would like to explore related to learning and memory.

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Directions
For this assessment, complete the following:
1.Describe one research question you would like to explore related to learning and memory.
2.Choose two of the three conceptual approaches listed above. Compare and contrast how these approaches address 
your research question.
3.Find three or four scholarly sources, such as peer-reviewed research articles or textbooks, that are related to this 
research question. Describe what you learned from these sources regarding your research question, and explain how 
this knowledge contributes to your understanding.
4.Identify which conceptual approach best fits the approach of each of the authors of the scholarly sources.
5.Describe the methods and measures used in each of the three conceptual approaches. Different approaches will 
measure memory or learning in different ways based on the conceptual approach. For example, the neurological approach would focus on physical changes in the brain, while the behavioral approach would focus on observable changes in behavior.
6.Describe the practical impact reading these articles might have on your personal or professional life.
Strive to be as concise as possible and limit the length of your completed assessment to no more than 5–6 pages, excluding the title page and reference page. Support your statements and analyses with references and citations from at least three resources.
Additional Requirements

  • Include a title page and a reference page. • Use at least three resources.
• Follow APA format.

▪ Note : You may use the APA Paper Template linked in the Resources. This resource is not required. • Use 12-point, Times New Roman font.

  • Double-space your paper.

In this first assessment, you will explore conceptual approaches to learning and memory

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EXAMINE CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO A LEARNING AND MEMORY RELATED RESEARCH QUESTION

Write 5–6 pages in which you examine two or three conceptual approaches to a learning- and memory-related research question.
Psychologists need to understand three conceptual approaches to memory and learning: neurological, behavioral, and cognitive.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 1: Use information technology and tools to identify information in the domain of learning and cognition.▪Summarize scholarly research articles.
  • Competency 2: Assess the important theories, paradigms, research findings, and conclusions in human learning and cognition. 
▪Apply different approaches to learning and cognition to a particular research question. ▪ Explain how research findings apply to a particular research question.
▪ Describe the conceptual approach being used in a particular research article.
  • Competency 3: Analyze the research methodology and tools typically associated with the study of lifespan development. 
▪Describe the methods and measures used in different conceptual approaches to learning and cognition research.
  • Competency 5: Apply knowledge of theory and research in learning and cognition to inform personal behavior, professional goals, and values in order to understand social policy. 
▪Apply knowledge of theory and research in learning and cognition to inform personal and professional behavior.
  • Competency 6: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats.
▪Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate APA format with correct grammar, usage, and 
mechanics as expected of a psychology professional. 
Context

In this first assessment, you will explore conceptual approaches to learning and memory. John Dewey (1910), in his influential text How We Think , and in response to the question “What is thought?” suggests: 
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No words are oftener on our lips than thinking and thought . So profuse and varied, indeed, is our use of these words that it is not easy to define just what we mean by them. … In the first place, thought is used broadly, not to say loosely. Everything that comes to mind, that “goes through our heads” is called a thought. To think of a thing is just to be conscious of it in any way whatsoever. Second, the term is restricted by excluding whatever is directly presented; we think (or think of) only such things as we do not directly see, hear, smell, or taste. Then, the third, the meaning is further limited to beliefs that rest upon some kind of evidence or testimony. Of this third type, two kinds—or rather, two degrees—must be discriminated. In some cases, a belief is accepted with slight or almost no attempt to state the grounds that support it. In other cases, the ground or basis
 
for a belief is deliberately sought, and its adequacy to support the belief is examined. This process is called reflective thought; it alone is truly educative in value, and it forms, accordingly, the principle subject of [learning and cognition]. (pp. 1–2)