Question

this assignment is for cognitive psychology

Cognitive Psychology Assignment 1 For the purpose of this assignment you will be acting as a mayor of a town. You ran and were elected on a platform of improving your town through the use of science. Since you are trained as a psychologist, it will be your job to use your training to try and solve problems involving your town. This first assignment will focus on the downtown of your town. Assignment points are indicated on each question (25 pts total)

Answer 1

A major X want to change the archaic traffic signals and the must select either of the two approaches top-down or bottom-up approaches.

Since the major already has sound understanding of the topic, he should pick up the bottom-up approach as there would be no issue with the top-level to start implementing the correction procedures from the top.

In the bottom approach, he would certainly choose the following 3 principles of the bottom- up approach, which include,

1. Resiliency: Building signals that are resilient to natural calamities and continue to operate even in rainy seasons without frictions.

2.Precautionary principle: Several precautionary measures would be taken to ensure that the signals don't malfunction or result in short circuit or fire accidents.

3. Engineering safety: This includes the safety measures taken in the town so that the residents and engineers and workers are not injured or dont face any inconvenience when the renovation is underway.