Cognition incorporates numerous variables
Prior to engaging in this discussion, read Chapter 4: Cognition, Learning, and the Environment in your required text, review the article Socially Situated Cognition in Perspective and the instructor guidance, and view the video What Are Schemas? (Links to an external site.)
Cognition incorporates numerous variables that may affect how we learn. For this discussion address the following:
• Explain social cognitive theory (SCT).
• Evaluate the applicability of SCT to a real-life experience.
o Hint: Is there something you know about or a behavior that you display that was learned from your social environment? Were you modeled this behavior? Did the learned knowledge or behavior have consequences that encouraged you to adopt it?
• Evaluate your example by answering the following questions:
o How does your learned knowledge or behavior potentially affect your developed schemata?
o What if you learned that this knowledge or behavior was not accurate?
o How hard would it be to adapt or accommodate?
• SCT suggests that the environment affects our knowledge or behaviors. What does reciprocal determinism suggest and why is this important?
a general understanding of what Intelligence is and how it is used in the world today. This document will show you how Intelligence can provide you security while maintaining your privacy in your day to day life. Additionally, it will inform you as to what is required of the Intelligence Analysts we rely on and trust.
What is Intelligence?
Intelligence is a word that has a similar definition across many platforms, but its use and intention differ significantly from one situation to another. In this scenario, we are referring to the intelligence gathered by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, which is used to prevent, investigate and resolve cases. (Intelligence Branch, Paragraph 8) This task can be daunting due to the repercussions that may ensue if the data and intel gathered are falsified or unreliable at their source. However, there are directions and precautions taken to prevent this from happening such as the Intelligence Cycle. (Gibbs, 2018) This process is the result of over one hundred years of intelligence practice and execution narrowed down into five parts.
The Process of Intelligence
Intelligence is a well set and practiced process that involves approximately five different parts. These may vary depending on the type of information and criminal activity they are seeking. (Gibbs, 2018) As with any recipe for success, it is important that you use all of the parts correctly at precisely the best moment in order to complete a well investigated case.
The first “step” in the intelligence process is planning and direction. (Gibbs, 2018) This will be the foundation of your case and the root of many successes or problems that you may face. For example, if an intelligence analyst is searching for a criminal regarding a drug distribution, they may only list certain things to look for during their planning and direction such as convictions of drug use, criminal history, their origin, their housing, etc. However, doing this may cause them to eliminate the criminal they were looking for and completely misdirect the whole case because they did not plan correctly.
This leads into the second, third, and fourth parts of the intelligence process which are collection, processing, and analysis. (Gibbs, 2018) Unlike the first step, I have grouped these three together because you