Homework: Reflecting Learning Journal
Focused on the biology of psychology and its connection to the human experience of thinking and behavior. Turn to Perception and Memory. Learn how we construct our experiences in our minds (connecting what we bring in with our senses to what happens in the mind). We will learn about research support theories that explain much of what we encounter in our daily lives, which will aid in understand ourselves and others. I encourage you to read through the figures and work through the labs to demonstrate each of these incredible concepts.
Introduce the fascinating study of memory, which is a cognitive function that happens at the unconscious level as well as the conscious level. Memory yet another area of psychology that pervades our lives on a series of levels, and a variety of contexts. Fun fact, my early research was in memory as this is an area I have always found interesting as it intersects in our lived in many many ways. This homework will help you process what you learned as you read the assigned readings. As with last week, and you will see this common theme, the concepts introduced in these two chapter readings do not stand in isolation but rather integrate into the many facets of life.
Once again, adopting and implementing the concept of reflective reading, I want you to reflect on your reading of the assigned and share what crossed your mind as you read the various information presented to you. Address the following questions as you reflect:
a) Are there any concepts that jumped out at you?
b) Did you have any ah-ha moments? What connections did you make as you were reading?
c) Did you engage in the study break activities provided to you within the chapter and did you find that you had difficulty completing them and/or did you find them helpful?
d) Did you develop questions as you were reading that were answered? Were any of them left unanswered?
e) After reading the assigned reading this week, has it piqued your curiosity to learn more and if so, what questions do you have moving forward?
Use the questions I listed as a guide (use them to guide your reflection - your thinking about your thinking, aka metacognition). Please share your reflection in a minimum of one full page, not to exceed two pages.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.