THIS ASSIGNMENT HAS THREE SEPARATE QUESTIONS!!!
QUESTION 1: For your initial post, address the following:
According to the behaviorists Watson and Skinner, we could never
know what is really going on in the mind. However, that is the focus of
cognitive psychology. Do you think we can really understand the mind?
Why or why not?
What do you see as your biggest cognitive strength and why? To get you started, review and comment on the following examples:
Are you someone who spots something out of place?
Are you someone who is good at doing two things at once?
Are you someone who is a master of trivia?
Are you someone who is good at maintaining laser-like focus?
Are you someone who can recall what they did for their fifth birthday?
What is one cognitive function of your mind that you would like to
improve? Describe why you would like improvement in that area.
Do you think we are good judges of what is going on in our own mind?
How does the concept of cognitive strengths and areas for improvement apply to any of the following programmatic course themes?
Self-care
Social justice
Emotional intelligence (EI)
Career connections
Ethics
QUESTION 2:
From your personal perspective and what you learned from this week’s reading, answer the following questions:
What are the benefits and risks associated with identifying or labeling an individual with an exceptionality?
What role does cultural competency play in identifying an individual with an exceptionality?
Provide examples from this module’s resources to support your answer
as well as specific examples from your personal experiences.
QUESTION 3: Review the module resources. Using what you have
learned, write a 2- to 3-page APA-formatted paper answering the
following questions:
What factors do you think led to the past and current treatment of individuals with exceptionalities?
Do you think attitudes toward and treatment of individuals with exceptionalities have changed substantially? Why or why not?
What challenges do you think remain in relation to the acceptance and treatment of individuals with disabilities?
Provide
examples from this module’s resources to support your answer as well as
specific examples from your personal experiences.
