COGNITION IN THE MEDIA

COGNITION IN THE MEDIA

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH IS OFTEN FEATURED IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. FOR EXAMPLE, A FEW YEARS AGO OPRAH WINFREY FEATURED DR. STRAYER’S RESEARCH ON DISTRACTIBILITY DURING DRIVING WHEN TALKING ON THE CELL PHONE. SHE THEN USED HIS RESEARCH TO START A MOVEMENT THAT ENCOURAGED INDIVIDUALS TO STOP TALKING ON THE CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING. THIS EXAMPLE DEMONSTRATES THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE MEDIA TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW OUR COGNITIVE PROCESSES WORK.

USING THE THREE EXAMPLES OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH FEATURED IN THE MEDIA THAT YOU RESEARCHED (NEWSPAPERS, TELEVISION, AND MAGAZINES), WRITE A TWO-PAGE PAPER FOR EACH RESOURCE AND EXPLAIN HOW IT FITS WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT COGNITION.

THE THREE EXAMPLES MUST BE ON DIFFERENT TOPICS. REFERENCE THE ORIGINAL ARTICLES (OR VIDEOS, IN THE CASE OF A TELEVISION REPORT).

INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS IN EACH PAPER:

• ANALYZE THE CONCEPTS OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (ATTENTION, LIMITS, INATTENTION, AUTOMATIC PROCESSING) PRESENT IN EACH RESOURCE.

• DESCRIBE HOW THE CONCEPTS ARE USED IN REAL-WORLD APPLICATIONS.

NOTE: YOU MUST SUPPORT YOUR CLAIMS WITH EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT BY INCLUDING INTERNAL CITATIONS.

STRIVE TO BE AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE AND LIMIT THE LENGTH OF YOUR COMPLETED ASSIGNMENT TO NO MORE THAN SIX PAGES, EXCLUDING THE TITLE PAGE AND REFERENCE PAGE. SUPPORT YOUR STATEMENTS AND ANALYSES WITH REFERENCES AND CITATIONS FROM AT LEAST THREE RESOURCES.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION IS FREE OF ERRORS THAT DETRACT FROM THE OVERALL MESSAGE.

• APA FORMATTING: RESOURCES AND CITATIONS ARE FORMATTED ACCORDING TO APA (6TH EDITION) STYLE AND FORMATTING.

• NUMBER OF RESOURCES: AT LEAST THREE CITATIONS.

• LENGTH OF PAPER: TWO PAGES FOR EACH MEDIA EXAMPLE. SIX PAGES TOTAL, NOT INCLUDING A REFERENCE PAGE, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE ALL SOURCES AND THE REFERENCES OF THE ORIGINAL MEDIA PIECES. THE PAPER SHOULD BE DOUBLE-SPACED.

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