Reflective Paper
Reflective Paper
(Reflective Paper)
Week 6 Final Paper
- Due Monday by 11:59pm
- Points 30
- Submitting a file upload
Reflective Paper
This assignment requires that you synthesize your learning and reflection in the context of the following:
In your Reflective Paper, discuss some of the specific information you learned in this course and the value that they have added to your body of knowledge. Discuss the anticipated impact of this information on your personal and professional life. You may focus on two or three of the topics as a basis for your work:
- State the major tenets of classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning, and memory (as it relates to learning) as they apply to the field of psychology.
- Explore and analyze the relevance of issues of diversity in learning and memory.
- Develop and improve an ability to deconstruct different psychiatric disorders through the view of the learning theorist.
- Demonstrate critical comparative psychology skills in order to determine important similarities and differences in the various counseling approaches and interventions using the different learning theories.
Must be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in your approved APA style guide. (Please remember that body length does not include cover page or reference page).
Must include a cover page that includes:
- Student’s name
- Course name and number
- Title of paper
- Instructor’s name
- Date submitted
- Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
- Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
- Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
- Must use APA style as outlined in your approved APA style guide to document all sources.
- Must include at least two (2) relevant research articles which:
- support the methodological relevance of your topic,
- discuss previous work on research and analysis in the area, and
- cover research aspects of the evaluation methods of previous work and their current day implications and applications.
Must include, on the final page, a reference list that is completed according to APA style as outlined in your approved APA style guide.
Point Value of this Assignment: 30
Resources
Readings
- Textbook
Terry, W.S. (2018). Learning & memory: Basic principles, processes, and procedures. (5th ed.) United Kingdom: Routledge.
Chapter 12: Individual Differences in Learning and Memory
Multimedia
- Video:
Discovering Psychology: Responsive Brain: http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/04/e04expand.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
This video depicts neuro-cognitive responsivity to learning and experience. Click “view programs,” click “Discovering Psychology: Updated Edition,” Find the assigned video for the week and click on the VoD icon (make sure pop up blocker is off).
Final paper
Here you are just synthesizing what you have learned throughout the course. Make sure to thoroughly discuss the 2-3 points you’ve decided to focus on. Ask yourself how a learning theorist might view a certain psychiatric disorder, so you might pick apart the criteria needed to diagnose a particular disorder and discuss it through the lens of learning theory and contrast that with another theorist. Use your critical thinking skills to discuss different learning theories and how they apply to counseling and interventions. How might they differ from each other when it comes to counseling? How are they similar?
As always, please let me know if any part of any discussion or assignment isn’t clear.
References
Gordon, J.A. (2011). Students with TBI: Recommendations for rehabilitation. Journal of Medical Rehabilitation 11(1) 55-60.
