TITLE:
Impacts of Cognitive Factors and Fitness on Female Faculty at a Regional University in Bangladesh on Their Teaching and Learning: Activating Cognitive Skills by Overcoming Challenges
AUTHORS:
Sumya Alam
KEYWORDS:
Cognitive Factors, Cognitive Fitness, Psychological Factors, Behavioral Factors, Environmental Factors, Challenges
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.17 No.11,
November
9,
2026
ABSTRACT: The study tries to explore why females generally get less and sometimes unintentionally show less cognitive fitness when they work alongside male partners and colleagues. This study tries to focus on some impacts of psychological and motivational factors working both negatively and positively in their learning and teaching context. This study tries to figure out some cognitive functions or cognitive capacities of female faculty members that are inherently there but cannot be shown/expressed/activated although they are needed in their acquisition of knowledge, manipulation of information, and reasoning. This study aims to find out some reasons for being incapable (if any) of giving proper attention towards active and trained teaching programmes. Fourteen female teachers were selected from a regional university (University-G) on the basis that they were female faculty members and working mothers, and were asked some questions. They were given questions via Google Form online. The interviews were conducted after selecting some female teachers. This analysis would be based on psychologist Albert Bandura’s (1986) Social Cognitive Theory. Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis will be used as it will be a mixed-methods study. This study will find out what obstacles they are facing in their job environment as well as in their family. The pressure and distraction from male dominance and psychological trauma are responsible for creating obstacles and can be a possible outcome of the study result. Future implications, limitations, requirements, obligations, challenges, and recommendations can be easily identified by the end of the study. By defining the term “cognitive fitness”, many more features of cognitive skills will be mentioned in the study which will be beneficial to female educators. To enhance their creative faculties, there is no other way to master this topic. At last, this study will illustrate the causes of failure in acquiring cognitive skills by female teachers and try to give some suggestive techniques and solutions to overcome this problem.