Chapter 8 in Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research

Chapter 8 in Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience will help you to understand what happens when things go wrong with brain functioning due to cognitive decline, brain injuries, and every day memory loss.

Chapter 8 in Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research

·         Chapter 8 in Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience will help you to understand what happens when things go wrong with brain functioning due to cognitive decline, brain injuries, and every day memory loss. Also, Studying memory loss will lay a foundation for the assignment Impediments to Learning and Memory.

· Chapter 8″Everyday Memory and Memory Errors pages 225–262  Goldstein, E. B. (2019)Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience. [Capella]. Retrieved from https://capella.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780357233498/

In this week’s assignment, you will apply the cognitive theories and models you have learned to three case studies presented in the following videos:
FIRSTLY, NBC Nightly News. (2013, January 23). Teaching his girlfriend to read again [News report]. NBC Universal Media.
SECONDLY, NBC News. (2012, June 14). Learning to live after brain injury [News report]. NBC Universal Media.
THIRDLY, Chedd, G. (Writer/Director). (2004, May 11). Don’t forget [Television series episode]. In Chedd-Angier (Producer), Scientific American Frontiers. Available from http://chedd-angier.com/frontiers/season14.html

Assignment Instructions

Impediments to Learning and Memory
Once you have learned cognitive theories and models you can begin to use them to help understand challenges that individuals experience with learning and cognition. In this assignment you will practice applying theories and models to help your understanding of several case studies:
Firstly, Teaching his Girlfriend to Read Again.
Secondly,  Learning to Live After Brain Injury.
Thirdly,  Don’t Forget.

Assignment Instructions
4.      Briefly summarize the case studies featured in the videos.
Additionally,  Include in your summary the condition depicted and possible causes of the memory impairment or memory loss using theories and research from the course readings.
Furthermore,  Use your course resources and at least three peer-reviewed and scholarly resources (no more than five years old) to help support your analysis.
5.      Using scholarly sources as a basis, conclude with possible treatment options for the person featured in the case study.