Overview

For this Performance Task Assessment, you will complete an 8- to 11-page multipart Cognitive Processes analysis paper. For Part 1: Perception/Attention, you conduct a social setting experiment and evaluate perception/attention concepts applied to the situation. For Part 2: Memory Distortions, you evaluate memory distortion concepts observed in a real-life crime media production. In Part 3: Problem Solving/Decision Making, you analyze a case study analysis where you will apply problem solving/decision making to a provided case.
Submission Length: An 8- to 15-page Cognitive Processes analysis paper addressing perception/attention, memory distortions, and a case study analysis of decision making.
Professional Skills: Written Communication and Information Literacy are assessed in this Competency.

Instructions

To complete this Assessment, do the following:
Reflect the criteria provided in the rubric.
Adhere to the required assignment length.
Download the APA course paper template available here.
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All submissions must follow the conventions of scholarly writing. Properly formatted APA citations and references must be provided where appropriate. Submissions that do not meet these expectations will be returned without scoring.
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Cognitive Processes Analysis Paper
To prepare for this Competency Assessment:
Based on the information you gain from reviewing the Module 3 Learning Resource, “Vincennes: A Case Study,” do the following:
Complete the following parts to generate a single paper:
Click each of the items below for more information on this Assessment.

PART 1: PERCEPTION/ATTENTION (3–4 PAGES)

Go into a social setting (e.g., coffee house, grocery store) and conduct a substitution or other perception/attention phenomenon experiment using yourself as the subject. During your experiment, you might want to take notes for gathering your data.
In the Perception/Attention part of your paper, you should do the following:
Describe the social setting and the experiment you created and conducted.

Evaluate which of the perception/attention concepts applied to the situation, from your perspective, including perception/attention issues you encountered.

Evaluate a different perception/attention concept than the one you evaluated and explain why it does or does not apply.
Be specific, provide examples, and justify your response with citations from the resources in your Learning Activities or from your search from the Walden Library.

PART 2: MEMORY DISTORTIONS (3–4 PAGES)
IDENTIFY AND VIEW A MEDIA PROGRAM (I.E., MOVIE, TELEVISION SHOW, OR DOCUSERIES) BASED ON A REAL-LIFE CRIME.

In the Memory Distortions part of your paper, you should do the following:

Describe relevant examples of memory distortion among the witnesses in your chosen media program.

Evaluate memory distortion concepts that applied to each example identified.
If you were an expert called in to comment on the crime, what incorrect reasoning would you point out based upon another factor distorting the memory (e.g., weapon).

Be specific, provide examples, and justify your response with citations from the resources in your Learning Activities or from your search from the Walden Library.

PART 3: PROBLEM SOLVING/DECISION MAKING CASE STUDY (2–9 PAGES)

Based on the information you gain from reviewing the Module 3 Learning Resource, “Vincennes: A Case Study,” do the following:
Analyze four decisions that led to the disaster.
Evaluate what decision-making concepts should have been applied to the USS Vincennes situation. Be sure to use Learning Activity resources and your own scholarly resources to justify your evaluation.
Be specific, provide examples, and justify your response with citations from the resources in your Learning Activities or from your search from the Walden Library.

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