Assignment task: Behavioral And Psychophysiological Study Techniques
Think about how you might watch or measure someone's behavior to learn how the mind works.
Then, consider how tools like brain scans and other technology can show what is happening in the brain during that process. Reflect on how early cognitive psychologists tried to understand this process without the advanced tools we have today, and how modern technology now lets us study the mind in much greater detail.
For this Assignment, you will choose one cognitive process from the Learning Resources and examine how it could be studied using two different types of techniques-behavioral and psychophysiological. Need Assignment Help?
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Reading:
- Infantolino, Z. & Miller, G.A. (2025). Psychophysiological methods in neuroscience.
- In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. DEF publishers.
Media:
- Psychology Unlocked. (2020). Cognitive Psychology explained in less than 5 minutes. (YouTube Video)
- Professor David Explains. (2022). Methods of testing in psychology: Observation, self-report, and experimentation (YouTube Video)
Submit a 500- to 900-word paper in which you:
Using the Psychology Unlocked (YouTube Video) (2020) resource, select a cognitive process that you did not discuss in your initial
Discussion post and briefly describe this cognitive process.
Enter the following prompt into an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots - such as ChatGPT,
Grammarly AI Writer or Microsoft Copilot.
Write a 100-word case study example of a person who has a brain injury affecting [Insert Your Selected Cognitive Process Here] and the resulting symptoms.
Note: Microsoft Copilot is available to you by downloading Microsoft Office 365 at your MyWalden student portal.
Infantolino, Z. & Miller, G.A. (2025). Psychophysiological methods in neuroscience.
In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. DEF publishers.
Psychology Unlocked. (2020). Cognitive Psychology explained in less than 5 minutes. (YouTube Video)
Professor David Explains. (2022). Methods of testing in psychology: Observation, self-report, and experimentation (YouTube Video)
Note: this portion of your paper does not count toward the 500- to 900-word count for this assignment.
Based on the Infantolino & Miller (2025) resource, describe one psychophysiological study technique you would use to examine the cognitive process in your case study, and why.
Drawing on the Professor David Explains (YouTube Video) (2022) resource, describe one behavioral study technique you would use to examine the cognitive process in your case study, and why.
Explain what you learned about this cognitive process and how it could help you in your personal, academic, and/or professional life. Share any new thoughts or ideas you had while doing this Assignment.
To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work by referring to specific information from the learning resources. Cite and reference the sources you used.