Studies Assignment Preparation The final assignment in your course project, “Bri

Studies
Assignment Preparation
The final assignment in your course project, “Brief on Problem-Solving, Creativity, and Intelligence,” will be due in Unit 10. To prepare for this assignment:
You may wish to review the course project, the assignment instructions and scoring guide.
As you complete the readings in this unit, prepare to do the following in your assignment:
Briefly analyze the origins and evolution of the principle theories related to decision making and reasoning.
Analyze how theories, principles, and evidence-based best practices related to decision making and reasoning may be applied in the context of your desired specialization (clinical practice, school, etc.)
Analyze how, and to what extent, brain physiology and/or neuroscience helps to explain normality and abnormality in relation to decision making and reasoning. Does this science point toward interventions that improve performance in decision making and reasoning?
Analyze how affective manifestations may impact cognitive performance in decision making and reasoning.
Describe ethical issues might arise in connection with decision making and reasoning.
It may be helpful to review the APA Code of Ethics, or another code of ethics if it is more relevant to your area.
Evaluate how the theories, principles and best practices related to decision making and reasoning apply to culturally diverse populations.
After you complete the unit readings, research at least one additional scholarly article that addresses one of the issues above that you found most difficult to address. This article will be the basis of one of your discussion posts in this unit.
Readings
Use your Cognitive Psychology text to read Chapter 13, “Judgements, Decisions, and Reasoning,” pages 393–427.
Use the library to access and read the following:
Blanchette, I., & Richards, A. (2010). The influence of affect on higher level cognition: A review of research on interpretation, judgment, decision making, and reasoning. Cognition and Emotion, 24(4), 561–595.
Use the Internet to access and read the following:
Murata, A., Nakamura, T., & Karwowski, W. (2015). Influence of cognitive biases in distorting decision making and leading to critical unfavorable incidents [PDF]. Safety, 1, 44–58. Retrieved from www.mdpi.com/2313-576X/1/1/44/pdf
WRITE YOUR DISCUSSION POST:
Research on Decision Making and Reasoning
After you complete the unit studies on decision making and reasoning, describe how the scholarly article that you found addresses one of the issues that you will cover in your Unit 10 assignment. Analyze how you might use the information when you are working in your specialty.
Learning Components
This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:
Apply skills and knowledge required for professional communication.
Investigate how theories, principles, and evidence-based best practices of problem-solving, creativity, reasoning and intelligence can be applied in professional practice.