enhance your ability to make connections between the course readings and “real-life” situations and the everyday occurrence of cognitive processes as depicted in popular media and professional research sources. This is your opportunity to express your thoughts succinctly and coherently.  Be creative, but ensure that the reader is to able to discern that you can critique the article/media source in a scholarly way as related to course material. This is a great launching point as you begin brainstorming for the Week 7 Creative Project. Assignment Instructions For this assignment, you are tasked with identifying a research article or reliable, popular media source (news segment, blog article, etc.) that focuses on a topic related to cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, of a specific process or function of these area have addressed in the first three weeks of the course.  Upon identifying your select media option, you will draft a 5 to 6-page reflection paper, summarizing the media sources’ topic, and its relevance to our understanding of cognition and learning.  Any topic discussed in our readings is fair game, but needs to be clearly depicted in the source you chose. In your submission, please be sure to clearly address the following topics: Briefly describe the article/media source you selected (e.g. its plot, characters, themes, etc.).   This description does not need to be lengthy (the entire plot or process explained does not need to be explained; hit the high points). Rather, the summary should be sufficient to demonstrate that you reviewed the article/media source and can convey the most relevant aspects as they relate to cognitive psychology. Describe the cognitive psychology concept.   What does it mean in relation to your article/media source?  How you see it displayed in the article/media source you chose? What new information have you learned about cognitive psychology and how it is portrayed in the public eye? Does the information portrayed in the article have broader implications for the field of cognitive psychology as it is presented?  Why or why not, and what might the effects be with changes or remaining the same? Close your work with a brief, but succinct summary of the major take away points from your exploration around the web with cognitive psychology. Include a minimum 5 to 6 pages, not including the required APA formatted required title and reference pages; submit APA style in-text citations throughout the work as well.  The basic parts of a paper should also be included; these are the opening, introduction section, with a precise thesis statement, the body of the paper with clear, discernable headings where appropriate, and a conclusion that restates the thesis and summarizes the major points of the entire paper. https://apus.brightspace.com/shared/elf/psyc303/le...

Observation Techniques: Film AnalysisThis week, you will analyze a three- to five-minute segment of a movie or a television episode depicting cultural diversity and gender issues.After watching the movie segment, create a report on your analysis. In your report: Mention the name of the movie. Describe the setting and overall storyline of the movie. Describe the main characters in the observed movie section. Describe the situation that you analyzed and interpret the action of the characters depicting cultural diversity and gender issues. Draw conclusions based on social psychological concepts and theories.

According to the National Sleep Foundation, about 30–40% of the general population reports some level of insomnia during their lives, and 10–15% experience significant, chronic insomnia. For these individuals, medications to help induce and sustain sleep may be helpful. On the other hand, sleep aids pose potential concerns, namely abuse. Some people exceed recommended doses, and some continue taking medications even after symptoms are no longer present. Others obtain medications under false pretenses, which is one form of malingering. Malingering occurs when clients make up or exaggerate symptoms for some personal gain. One manifestation of malingering occurs when individuals attempt to have drugs of abuse prescribed or refilled to continue abusive use (Rogers, 2008). Although counselors may not be directly implicated in the client’s deceit, their unique position to receive more accurate and honest information than other medical professionals presents ethical concerns. What is the counselors’ role in these instances? In which instances would it be appropriate to break confidentiality due to a concern of malingering? How could the malingering potentiality be planned for and avoided?For this Assignment, review all of the Learning Resources concerning malingering and addiction related to the treatment of sleep disorders. Consider the major drugs used to treat sleep disorders and the potential risk for addiction that the medicines pose. Examine the role of the counselor in preventing or dealing with these issues.In a 4 page APA PaperA description of the major types of drugs prescribed for sleep disordersAn explanation of the potential for addiction associated with these medicinesAn explanation of the issues related to malingering in the treatment of sleep disordersAn explanation of the counselor’s role in mitigating the potentialities of malingeringSupport your response with at least one peer-reviewed article from the Walden Library that addresses a counseling issue related to malingering and addiction in treating sleep disordersExplain how you will incorporate the information found in the peer-reviewed article you selected.