Theories principles and evidence-based best practices related to memory models and processes
Theories principles and evidence-based best practices related to memory models and processes; knowledge representation, organization, and manipulation; and language acquisition and competency
Create a professional development PowerPoint presentation focused on how theories, principles, and evidence-based best practices related to memory models and processes; knowledge representation, organization, and manipulation; and language acquisition and competency can be applied in the context of the professional specialty you aspire to.
Introduction
As a professional psychologist, you will need to review theory and research and use it as the basis to develop best practices. For this assessment, you will focus on the following topics:
Memory models and processes.
Knowledge representation, organization, and manipulation.
Language.
Scenario
Imagine you are now a professional psychologist working in the specialization that you aspire to. You are charged with creating professional development for an interdisciplinary team of professionals in your workplace on how theories, principles, and evidence-based best practices of cognitive and affective psychology can be used to help people in your work context.
Preparation
The second assessment focuses on memory models and processes; knowledge representation, organization, and manipulation; and language acquisition and competency. For context on these topics, read the following:
Introduction to Memory Models and Processes [PDF].
Introduction to Knowledge Representation, Manipulation, and Organization [PDF].
Introduction to Language Acquisition and Competency [PDF].
As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.
How did theories and models of memory, language, and knowledge evolve over time? Which ones seem most credible today?
What processes are involved in the acquisition and use of language? Are they more guided by inherited or environmental factors (nature or nurture)?
What are the relationships between memory, language, and knowledge?
What would it be like to live without memory? Without language?
What is declarative knowledge and how is its representation and organization explained by various theories?
What is procedural knowledge and how is it represented in the mind? How does it differ from declarative knowledge?
How do brain physiology and neuroscience help to explain normal and abnormal facilities with language, memory, and acquisition and retrieval of knowledge? Does science point toward interventions that could help persons with issues in these areas? Does it point toward ways to enhance capacities?
How might you help clients or students give up their intuitively held yet erroneous beliefs about the world?
Do culturally diverse populations experience memory, knowledge, and language differently?
How do emotions impact memory, knowledge, and language ability?
Instructions
For this assessment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation focused on the following topics:
Memory models and processes.
Knowledge representation, organization, and manipulation.
Language acquisition and competency.
The following resource is required to complete the assessment.
Presentation Template [PPTX].
Note: Do not submit a paper for this assessment. Papers will not be graded.
You will complete this assessment by replacing all language that is enclosed within brackets [. . .] in the PowerPoint Presentation Template with your own words.
Remember, your presentation is for an interdisciplinary team, so it will be important to communicate in a manner that can be understood by those not trained in psychology.
Contents of the Presentation