Psych644 Wk 6 Summative Assessment Collaboration In Professional Learning Communities

A problem arises when there is an obstacle that prevents you from moving from your current situation (e.g., project deadline is approaching) to your desired outcome (e.g., deliver the project on time), and no immediate or obvious solution exists to overcome the challenge (e.g., a team member with specialized knowledge is unavailable, and no one else has the necessary expertise to complete their part of the project). Solving problems doesn’t always require complex cognitive processing. The technique of brainstorming has been suggested as a method to increase creative problem-solving and has been successfully applied across various settings to produce innovative results. Imagine your director is concerned that the company is working in isolation and generating too many new ideas for clients without a clear structure. While the company has limited knowledge of executive functions in cognitive psychology, they have researched professional learning communities (PLCs), a brainstorming approach originally designed to foster collaboration among teachers. Intrigued by its potential, the director decides to implement it within the organization. Recognizing that you frequently engage and collaborate with your coworkers in meaningful discussions, the director has asked you to develop a proposal for a PLC for your project development team. In doing so, you must differentiate strategies and principles of cognition on various aspects of life and career that enhance collaboration, critical thinking, and decision-making. Assessment Preparation Watch “What is a Professional Learning Community (PLC)?” from Kathleen Jasper on YouTube to guide you in the collaborative effort needed when writing your PLC proposal. Assessment Deliverable Write an 875- to 1,050-word proposal for a PLC that differentiates strategies and principles of cognition on various aspects of life and career. In your proposal: • Describe functional fixedness and why it is a problem for the company. Ensure you: • Explain how a collaborative PLC could address the issues of functional fixedness, along with the potential benefits that the company could expect from it. • Explain why a collaborative PLC is an effective approach to addressing the cognitive bias of functional fixedness. • Identify 2–3 problem-solving techniques that the PLC would utilize and explain how these techniques would benefit the company and the overall goal of overcoming functional fixedness. • Describe some methods (e.g., think aloud protocol) that the PLC could use to generate ideas. • Describe the types of creativity and collaboration that would be demonstrated using the PLC. • Reflect on how you might use the strategy of a PLC at your work setting to overcome or support other cognitive principles, such as incidental emotions in decision-making, judgments, or reasoning. Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references. Format your citations and references according to APA guidelines. Submit your assessment.