Psy002-2 Biological And Cognitive Psychology Assessment Answer

Question:

1.  Use sophisticated online search techniques so that you can judge appropriate primary sources to use in your reports; this will allow you to demonstrate a breadth of knowledge and understanding of conceptual and historical issues across the areas of biological and cognitive psychology and a knowledge of the theories, approaches and methods used in these fields to investigate behaviour.

2.  Critically evaluate different perspectives in your writing of an experimental report, related to biological and cognitive psychology organised using the standard template, and engage in data collection, analysis and interpretation.  

What am I required to do in this assignment?

Design and conduct an experiment to test the inverted U model of arousal on working memory performance. You will be taught how to record physiological data and take part in the experiment yourself, either as an experimenter or participant.

What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

Adapt interpersonal and communication skills to a range of situations, audiences and degrees of complexity.

Take responsibility for own learning and development using reflection and feedback to analyse own capabilities, appraises alternatives and plans and implements actions.

Critically evaluate a variety of relevant studies and theories on the basis of their validity, implications, ethics, and scientific rigour.

Analyse and report on the findings of data with minimal guidance.

Consider theoretical and real-world implications of the findings, how well they generalise, and study limitations.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

We will complete this in tutorials.

How does assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?

Most of the tutorials are directly related to gathering information, searching the literature, planning and conducting the experiment for this report. We will also analyse and interpret the results in tutorials.