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 this outline of a research proposal as a 10-minute Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes as if your audience were members of a foundation grant screening committee.

Address the following in your presentation:

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