11 Jan BEHAVIORAL AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL STUDY TECHNIQUES
Think about how you might watch or measure someone’s behavior to learn how the mind works. Then, consider how tools like brain scans and other technology can show what is happening in the brain during that process. Reflect on how early cognitive psychologists tried to understand this process without the advanced tools we have today, and how modern technology now lets us study the mind in much greater detail.
For this Assignment, you will choose one cognitive process from the Learning Resources and examine how it could be studied using two different types of techniques—behavioral and psychophysiological.
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RESOURCES Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Reading
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Submit a 500- to 900-word paper in which you:
Using the Psychology Unlocked (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcaAVWtP48A) (2020) resource, select a cognitive process that you did not discuss in your initial Discussion post and briefly describe this cognitive process. Enter the following prompt into an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot – such as ChatGPT, Grammarly AI Writer, or Microsoft Copilot. Write a 100-word case study example of a person who has a brain injury affecting [INSERT YOUR SELECTED COGNITIVE PROCESS HERE] and the resulting symptoms.
Note: Microsoft Copilot is available to you by downloading Microsoft Office 365 at your MyWalden student portal.
Infantolino, Z. & Miller, G.A. (2025). Psychophysiological methods in neuroscience. (https://nobaproject.com/modules/psychophysiological-methods-in- neuroscience) In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. DEF publishers. https://nobaproject.com/modules/psychophysiological-methods-in- neuroscience
Time Estimate: 13 minutes
Psychology Unlocked. (2020). Cognitive Psychology explained in less than 5 minutes. (https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VcaAVWtP48A) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VcaAVWtP48A
Time Estimate: 5 minutes
Professor David Explains. (2022). Methods of testing in psychology: Observation, self-report, and experimentation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxL7hhVruk) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcxL7hhVruk
