M4A2: Final Project Part 2 – Reflective Essay

This is the second installment of your four-part project. Again, you will produce a reflective essay that contains five components. Please ensure you employ proper headings for each of the five components and utilize proper APA citations and references throughout. This activity aligns with module outcome 4.
Revisit your chosen challenge or hardship—personal, academic, or financial—from week 2, and with continued development of your strategy, address the following components in your essay.
From chapters 4 & 5, employ the specific lessons outlined in your reading:
Explain how a Stage 2* approach in Cognitive Development applies here and identify its limitations.
(*Note: Stage 2, Relativism: When the authorities don’t have the right answers, everyone has a right to his or her own opinion; there are no right or wrong answers.)
Identify at least 3 of your cognitive and social errors and how they might interfere with an effective strategy for tackling your challenge.
Discuss how a distorted sense of control has had an impact on your ability to achieve your life goals. Come up with at least two critical-thinking strategies you could use to correct for this cognitive error.
Identify three of the more common fallacies you are most likely to commit and how they interfere with the successful strategy to your hardship/challenge.
Identify three of the most effective strategies for avoiding these fallacies and how they will help with your successful implementation of your strategy.
This course uses the American Psychological Association (APA) format for scholarly writing. References and citations must adhere to the proper format for all written work presented including essays, discussion postings, and essay exams. Online tips for using APA style may be found at the Excelsior College OWL (Links to an external site.). Your research should be documented by citing one or more credible sources such as the textbook, a newspaper, a biographic article, book, or website. Wikipedia and any similar online reference sites where the content may be authored by anyone are not considered credible sources for scholarly writing.
To assist you in your research, the OWL and the Excelsior Library has the following tutorials and links for you to use:
Starting your Research (Links to an external site.)
Find Answers 24/7 (Links to an external site.)
Research Strategies (Links to an external site.)
Research Tips (Links to an external site.)
Research Questions (Links to an external site.)
The Research Process (Links to an external site.)
APA Style (Links to an external site.)
Submission Instructions
Compose your work in a .doc or .docx file type using a word processor (such as Microsoft Word, etc.) and save it frequently to your computer. For those assignments that are not written essays and require uploading images or PowerPoint slides, please follow uploading guidelines provided by your instructor.
Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you are ready to submit your work, click “Upload Submission.” Enter the submission title and then click on “Select a file to upload.” Browse your computer, and select your file. Click “Open” and verify the correct file name has appeared next to Submission File. Click on “Continue.” Confirm submission is correct and then click on “Accept Submission & Save.”
Turnitin®
This course has Turnitin® fully integrated into the course dropbox. This means that you should only submit your assignments to the dropbox below. Please do not submit your assignment directly to Turnitin.com.
Once submitted, your assignment will be evaluated by Turnitin® automatically. You will be able to view an Originality Report within minutes of your first submission that will show how much of your work has been identified as similar to other sources such as websites, textbooks, or other student papers. Use your Originality Report as a learning tool to identify areas of your assignment that you may not have cited appropriately. You may resubmit your assignment through this dropbox as many times as you need to check to see if you have made improvements, until the due date of the assignment. However, once you have made your first submission, you will need to wait 24 hours after each subsequent submission to receive a new Originality Report. Plan accordingly as you draft your assignment. Once the due date has passed, your assignment submission will be considered final.
Evaluation
This assignment accounts for 10% of your overall course grade and will be graded using a rubric. Please review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the criteria in place for this activity.