Self-Regulation of Learning

Use published human and animal research and behaviorist, social cognitive, information processing and constructivist theory to develop an outline of a research proposal to measure self-regulation in one of the following fields:

• Environmental or evolutionary psychology
• Forensic psychology
• Health or sports psychology
• Industrial/organizational or engineering psychology

Select and complete one of the following assignments:

Option 1: Self-Regulation Presentation

­­­­­­­­­­­­­Prepare a 10-minute Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation with speaker notes of a research proposal as as if your audience were members of a foundation grant screening committee. The purpose of the presentation is to let the grant screening committee know about an idea you have of research for measuring self-regulation in one of the above fields.

Address the following in your presentation:

• Write a description of how you are proposing to measure self-regulation
• Discuss the operational definitions, limitations, assumptions, hypotheses, and data analysis plans of your research
• Discuss the deficiencies a critic might identify in your statement of limitations and assumptions

Option 2: Self-Regulation Outline

Prepare a 3- to 5-page annotated or expanded outline for review by members of a foundation grant screening committee. . The purpose of the outline is to let the grant screening committee know about an idea you have of research for measuring self-regulation in one of the above fields.

Address the following in your outline:

• Include a description of how you are proposing to measure self-regulation
• Include he operational definitions, limitations, assumptions, hypotheses, and data analysis plans
• Explain the deficiencies a critic might identify in your statement of limitations and assumptions