Scenario 1: Mars Mission You are part of a psychological team planning to prepare astronauts for the manned mission to Mars.

Scenario 1: Mars Mission

You are part of a psychological team planning to prepare astronauts for the manned mission to Mars. Your task is to identify solutions for possible psychological problems that may result as part of the trip.

Think about potential psychological problems that can occur during preparation for and during space travel. In your final paper, describe the potential problems so that your reader has a good understanding of the negative psychological impact that astronauts can experience. Consider and discuss possible prevention or intervention ideas in your paper and support your thinking about potential problems and solutions with information you find from the scholarly research articles you selected.

• Possible theories or perspectives:
• Positive psychology.
• Humanistic psychology.
• Possible sources:
• Botella, C., Banos, R. M., Etchemendy, E., Garcia-Palacios, A., & Alcaniz, M. (2016). Psychological countermeasures in manned space missions: "EARTH" system for the Mars-500 project. Computers in Human Behavior, 55(B), 898‒908.
• Cohen, I., den Braber, N., Smets, N. J. J. M., van Diggelen, J., Brinkman, W-P., & Neerincx, M. A. (2016). Work content influences on cognitive task load, emotional state and performance during a simulated 520-days' Mars mission. Computers in Human Behavior, 55(B), 642‒652.

• Write a 4-5 page paper (not including the title page and references page) that describes a possible solution for your scenario backed by both theory and research.
• Use the APA Paper Template to complete this assignment. 
• Use in-text citations in the paper and create title and reference pages.

Use the following headings to organize your paper:

Title page:

• Follow the template instructions.

Overview:

• Apply a foundation psychological theory to address the problem in the selected scenario.
• Summarize the identified problem in the selected scenario.
• Propose a solution to the identified problem.
• Describe your solution.

Foundational Theory:

• Describe the theory or theories that apply to your scenario.
• Explain how theory shaped the proposed solution to the problem.

Research Method and Findings:

• Apply findings from scholarly research to develop a proposed solution to the problem in your scenario.
•  Explain how the research findings shape your proposed solution.
• Describe the research methods outlined in your scholarly research articles.

Mental Health and Well-being:

• Speculate how your proposed solution could impact mental health and well-being through behavior changes.

References page:

• Follow the template instructions.