Popular Versus Scholarly Sources Worksheet
Directions:
- Select a popular media source like a video or a website on a cognitive psychology topic in your course text.
- Provide the full reference for the source.
- Summarize the content of the source using bullet points in complete sentences or a 5–8 sentence paragraph.
- Identify at least three peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic covered in the source and explain their relevancy to the topic. Provide the full references of the articles in APA format.
- Compare and contrast the information provided in the source with the three articles by answering the following questions:
- What information provided by the popular source is supported by research or information provided in the articles?
- What if any information in the articles conflicts with the popular source?
- Do you consider the media source you selected to be valid? Why or why not?
- What questions do you have about the topic based on your analysis?
- How can the topic you reviewed be applied to the real world? Feel free to also illustrate with examples.
Then complete all pages of this worksheet, including the self-evaluation. Be sure to use full sentences (grammar counts), evidence from relevant sources, and APA-style citations.
PSYC FPX 3500 Assessment 1 Popular Versus Scholarly Sources
Abstract
The paper aims to analyze the cognitive psychology issue of memory. For the analysis of this issue, the popular media source of the Clive Wearing case is analyzed to highlight the case facts. The paper will highlight the issue of memory impairment, which creates serious health implications for patients. The issue causes difficulty in remembering and storing the information for a longer duration which causes anxiety and anger issues among the patients. The justification of the reliability and relevance of the case facts from the mean of scholarly sources will be used in this paper. The scholarly sources will analyze the memory issues, causes, consequences and treatment strategies in the healthcare industry from a cognitive psychology point of view. The credibility between both sources will also be analyzed in this paper, along with the real-world example of the source. The important question in regard to resources will also be the discussion point in this paper. In the last part, the paper will focus on self-evaluation based on criteria related to each competency to evaluate the skills of the worksheet creator.
Keywords: Memory Impairment, Clive Wearing, stress, cognitive psychology
Media Evaluation
Directions | Responses |
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Name your selected topic. Provide the full reference for the source, and include the link to the video or website. | My selected topic is memory. ONE Interpreting 2015; Life Without Memory: A case of Clive Wearing, YouTube |
Summarize the content of the source using complete sentences in a paragraph of 5–8 sentences. | This source is about the history of a patient suffering from memory issues named Clive Wearing. He was suffering from both forms of amnesia (retrograde and anterograde), which made his condition more vulnerable. Wearing is suffering from memory issues which made it difficult for him to recall and store any information. He could only store information for 30 seconds, and due to this issue, he kept asking for the reason for certain events. Due to this issue, he kept asking why he was not getting any medical assistance. Moreover, he is also curious about his hospital visits. This issue creates a serious impact on Wearing as he becomes furious with people he is greeting due to his lack of capability to remember events and involvement in discussions with them. He also faced issues in recalling his childhood memories and his previous life, which made things complicated for him. |
List three peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic providing and explain the relevance of each of the articles to the topic. Provides the full references in APA format. | Source 1 Battista, F., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Research on the Effects of lying on memory: A Scientometric analysis and a call for new studies. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.83726 Source one is the research work of Battista and Otgaar (2022), which is a scientometric analysis of the factors impacting the memory of individuals. The source highlighted the research published from 1998-2021 on the clinical initiatives to improve memory issues, along with highlighting underlying causes of memory issues of the individual. This source is relevant to the present discussion as it highlights all the relevant causes of memory issues along with credible and justified treatment approaches for better outcomes in the field of cognitive psychology. Source 2 Fuloria, S., Yusri, M. A. A., Sekar, M., Gan, S. H., Rani, N. N. I. M., Lum, P. T., Ravi, S., Subramaniyan, V., Azad, A. K., Jeyabalan, S., Wu, Y. S., Meenakshi, D. U., Sathasivam, K. V., & Fuloria, N. K. (2022). Genistein: A potential natural lead molecule for new drug design and development for treating memory impairment. Molecules, 27(1), 265. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27010265 This source studied the impact of memory impairment issues on individuals and its consequences. The source specially studied new interventions such as Genistein, an effective intervention in medicine to treat people with memory impairment. This source is credible and relevant for present research as its highlights the effective strategies to treat the patient with memory issues and path their way for effective cognitive psychological functioning. Source 3 Savage, S. A., Baker, J., Milton, F., Butler, C., & Zeman, A. (2022). Clinical outcomes in transient epileptic amnesia: A 10‐year follow‐up cohort study of 47 cases. Epilepsia, 63(5), 1115–1129. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17214 This source includes the clinical outcomes of different treatment strategies used to treat patients with memory impartment due to both types of amnesia. This source is a credible source with regard to the present issue as it reflects upon the effective clinical treatments for the well-being and health outcome of patients suffering from memory impairment in both forms of amnesia. |
Compare and contrast information provided in the source with each of the three articles by answering these questions and citing the sources: |
The popular source shed light on the case of Wearing, who is suffering from both types of amnesia, which leads to memory impairment and causes difficulties for him in his daily life and well-being. The credible and relevant peer-reviewed literature sources supported the information of cases. Battista and Otgaar (2022) research is a Scientometric analysis of the factors impacting the memory of individuals. This source provides detailed information on memory issues faced by individuals along with all underlying causes and consequences to support the case fact of Wearing with credible evidence. Savage et al. (2022) supported and highlighted the effective clinical approach and outcomes to limit the consequences of memory issues faced by individuals to successfully reduce the consequences of the health issue. This source is relevant to the given media source as it provides an effective analysis of how this issue impacts health, just like Wearing, along with the difficulties he faced. Genistein is an advanced treatment to improve the memory and learning of individuals facing memory impairment. This source is significantly relevant to the present case as it is guided by implications of memory and ways to improve learning and memory for the promotion of individuals’ well-being like Wearing (Fuloria et al., 2022).
From the assessment of the knowledge and techniques shared in the given sources, it is highlighted that no conflicting information will be able to harm the information in the given source. The sources highlight the relevant causes and consequences along with treatment; therefore, no conflict will be able to harm the relevance of the source and information. In case any conflicting claim arises, it will be a future direction for the researchers.
Yes, I considered the selected media source credible and valid. This source is valid as this website provides authentic and research-based education knowledge on effectively tackling mental illnesses such as stress and memory impairment.
Based on the analysis following are my questions about the given cognitive psychological issue.
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Explain how the topic can be used to help solve problems in the real world. Then illustrate with personal or professional examples. | The analysis of the source and the relevant information highlighted that the information is relevant and credible to apply in the real world. The source indicated the clinical outcomes of effective treatment strategies for patients suffering from memory impairment. The discussion provides psychiatrists with the education and knowledge on recommended treatment strategies. In order to provide effective treatment to patients suffering from memory issue, the professional take guidance and make treatment plans for better health outcomes of the patinets. The second practical example of this discussion is the use of education for individuals such as adults, older adulys and kids suffering from this issue. They can take knowledge guides to maintain their daily routine activities in order to preserve their learning and memory. The sources further provide a guide for a healthy life to them by adopting evidence-based recommendations and strategies. |
Self-Evaluation
Conduct a self-evaluation using established scoring criteria and identifying the proficiency level for each criterion. The distinguished levels of the criteria are listed.
Identify the level of your performance: nonperformance, basic, proficient, or distinguished.
Provide some rationale as to why you selected that level.
Criterion | Level (Nonperformance, Basic, Proficient, or Distinguished) | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
Summarizes the content of a popular media source, conveying the implications of the topic. | Proficient | The student summarizes the content of a popular media source to highlight the underlying implication for a better understanding of the readers. |
Identifies three peer-reviewed journal articles on the topic covered in a popular media source and describes relevancy of the articles. Provides the full references of the articles in APA format. | Distinguish | The student identified three peer-reviewed articles on memory and learning to evaluate the information from popular sources with scholarly backing. |
Compares and contrasts information provided in a popular media source with peer-reviewed journal articles, making a clear case for the validity or lack of validity of the media source. | Distinguish | The student compares and contrasts the information provided in popular sources and scholarly sources in an efficient manner on the basis of the given questions. |
Describes how the topic of a popular media source can be applied to the real world, providing examples. | Distinguish | The student compared and contrasted the given information in scholarly sources with the given case to provide a proficient and in-depth connection with real-world examples for better applicability of the justifications. |
Conducts a self-evaluation using established scoring criteria and identifying the proficiency level for each criterion, including comments for each criterion. | Distinguish | The student evaluates the content using the information associated with each competency remark. |
Presents a focused purpose through strong organizational skills. Presents evidence through strong paraphrasing or summarizing and appropriate tone and sentence structure. | Proficient | The information in each paragraph is written in a proficient manner with an engaging writing style. The sources are evaluated using simple and understandable language for a better understanding of the reader. |
Applies current APA style, including in-text citations and full references for sources with few errors. | Distinguish | The citation of the scholarly sources is aligned with APA formatting standards to meet the criteria. |
PSYC FPX 3500 Assessment 1 Popular Versus Scholarly Sources
References
Battista, F., & Otgaar, H. (2022). Research on the effects of lying on memory: A Scientometric analysis and a call for new studies. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.837265
Fuloria, S., Yusri, M. A. A., Sekar, M., Gan, S. H., Rani, N. N. I. M., Lum, P. T., Ravi, S., Subramaniyan, V., Azad, A. K., Jeyabalan, S., Wu, Y. S., Meenakshi, D. U., Sathasivam, K. V., & Fuloria, N. K. (2022). Genistein: A potential natural lead molecule for new drug design and development for treating memory impairment. Molecules, 27(1), 265. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27010265
Savage, S. A., Baker, J., Milton, F., Butler, C., & Zeman, A. (2022). Clinical outcomes in transient epileptic amnesia: A 10‐year follow‐up cohort study of 47 cases. Epilepsia, 63(5), 1115–1129. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17214
