Written Assessment: Essay Due date: May 3rd 2017. Length: 1500 words (not incl. abstract & reference list) Task: Write an essay that reviews and discusses the relevant literature. To improve people’s learning, psychologists have developed many techniques to improve memory. Discuss how you could apply three psychological theories to motivate yourself to utilize these memory techniques to enhance your learning at the university and beyond. Discussing requires an answer which explains an item or concept, and then gives details about it with supportive information. examples, points for and against, and explanations for the facts put forward. Preparation: In your discussion draw from psychological theories you learned in the chapters on learning (6), memory (7), thought & language (8) and motivation & emotion (10), and in the research you found in your literature search. and consult the required book: Burton, L. J. (2010). An interactive approach to writing essays and research reports in psychology (3rd ed.). Milton, QLD: Wiley. Points will be deducted for not consulting book Conduct library database searches to locate at least five (5) journal articles which you cite in your essay. In addition, you can use scientific books including the textbook for this unit. Presentation: The essay must be presented as a manuscript in APA style. This is the standard professional presentation format for psychologistsworldwide. Include a reference list in APA format. ________________________________________ EXAMPLES of psychological theories, concepts and perspectives The essay task requires you to select three psychological theories you learned about learning (6), thought & language (8) and motivation & emotion (10) and to apply each of these theories to motivate yourself to use the memory techniques. The psychological theories can be theories, concepts or perspectives, which can come from the same chapter or different chapters. Some choices might be better than others – do not worry too much about your selection as we are evaluating is your ability to define and discuss these theories, concepts or perspectives AND to apply them to motivate yourself to use the memory techniques. Below are examples of psychological theories, concepts and perspectives you could select. Chap 6 – Learning Theories • Conditioning o Classical o Operant  Reinforcement  Punishment • Cognitive-social theory o Conditioning + cognition & social learning (learning through social interactions) o Social learning  Observational learning  Modelling  Vicarious conditioning Chap 8 – Thought & Language Mental models • Reasoning • Problem solving • Decision making Chap 10 – Motivation & Emotion • Psychodynamic • Behaviourist • Cognitive perspective • Humanistic perspective • Evolutionary perspective • Psychosocial motives • Emotion