Assignment, Psychology
Human Cognition: Driving while distracted
Project description
1) You will do both sides of the page. I advise you do the front first, as that should affect your thinking about the second side.
2) remember to you MUST choose a side of the argument on side 2, and argue it, by:
3) stating your gut reasoning
4) stating your reasoning in connection with the textbook “Reed (2013) Cognition: Theory and Applications 9th Edition, Belmont, CA” for example, “On page 30, our
author Reed states…”)
5) stating some scientific evidence to back your argument (you only need one source).
– be sure it’s empirical evidence (wherein conclusions are drawn from results of a scientific investigation)
– from a peer-reviewed journal
– if you pull a frequency statistic, you must have looked at the research that lead to that stat directly (read it, I mean; find out HOW did they systematically
gathered that evidence)
6) provide your citation at the bottom, in APA format
CONTENTION: ALL cell phone use while driving (including texting, conversing – even hands free, and internet use) should be banned.
Choose a side, PRO or CON, to this argument. You MUST choose one side to argue. Write a brief paragraph supporting your choice. Include (1) your reasons in your own
words, (2) substantive argument drawn from the information regarding cognition and attention from your text and/or lecture (cite specifically where you got the
information – e.g. p.59 or Attention lecture – Tuesday), and (3) some additional scientific evidence that supports your claims (be sure to provide APA citation for
your source). NOTE: while Ezines and Wikipedia types of sites may provide some information, that is not considered “scientific.” You need to find some sort of
empirical evidence (i.e. experiment or study from peer-reviewed journal) that is relevant to your argument. If you need help, try this site; see their list of
publications. http://www.psych.utah.edu/lab/appliedcognition/
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