Explain the extent of the behavioral, cognitive, or psychological problem that you have identified.

Week 2: Assignment
This week you will conduct a literature search to evaluate and establish the importance of the problem you have chosen to review: Factors that influence decision making. To prove that the topic: Factors that influence decision making you must plan to review is one that affects the welfare of the human being, you must establish the extent of the problem you are addressing: social influence, cultural, psychological, emotional, medical age, gender, environmental and biological. You must plan to investigate Factors that influence decision making, you would need to establish the extent of influence on a nationwide basis people experience. You might want to determine which areas, genders, or ethno-cultural groups are most involved in this problem. You will need to establish the cost of the influence as a problem or possible problem, such as the number of people harmed by influence physically or psychologically, the psychological distress involved, the disruption plans and how it affects their family, their personal life, and the amount of money, time or treatment spent yearly to deal with the problem of Factors that influence decision making and consequences: family problems, criminal, ect.
The United States government, as well as some state and local governments, keeps careful statistics of the incidence of behavior and psychological problems. Different departments within the United States government keep statistics on problems, and on programs and research on the problem. For example, the Department of Justice keeps statistics on crime, including types of crime, gender and race of perpetrator, location of crime, and various programs to prevent crime or deal with criminal behavior. Laws for workplace compensation for distress suffered in the workplace can also be found in government databases. Be sure to consult the library for further information on how to search government sites efficiently. Some government websites are listed in the supplemental resources.

Explain the extent of the behavioral, cognitive, or psychological problem that you have identified. Do so by preparing a report that discusses the problem in depth and offers statistics that show the extent of the problem on national and regional levels. Your report should include 1-3 figures or graphs that visually illustrate the extent of the problem. (Use the APA Tables and Figures Guide to prepare the figures and graphs for this section.)