+1 862 207 3288 Summary Assignment
Write a summary of “Some Close Encounters of a Mental Kind” by Stephen Jay Gould. Your summary should be at least 8 sentences. Follow the guidelines of summary handout – you can find it on the blog.
Outline Assignment
Write an outline for your essay following the guidelines:
Outline form for your Gould essay
Directions: Type in your information to the following form. Bring it to class.
Introduction / Brief Summary with the main idea you’re responding to + Thesis
For every paragraph of your essay:
write a topic sentence
list the key points from the essay you’re responding to
paraphrase the quotations you’re planning to use.
Body Paragraph #1
Write your topic sentence
List the key points
Write quotations you’re going to use
List the examples you will use
List the connection that you will make
Do the same for every paragraph. Remember you have to write at least 4-5 paragraphs for the body of the essay.
Conclusion:
Briefly sum it up in a couple of sentences (it’s for your outline, in your essay you’ll have to write more sentences. Explain why it’s important to be aware of the way our brain and memory work – 2-3 sentences for the outline and 4-5 sentences for your essay.
Essay Assignment
Write an essay – your essay is your response to “Some Close Encounters of a Mental Kind” by Stephen Jay Gould. It should be at least 4 pages long following MLA format. You have to use at least 5-6 quotations from the text itself and from your research of the issue relevant to Gould’s idea about our memory failures.
Essay Topic:
How does Gould attempt to shake our belief in the credibility of what we see or remember seeing? To what extent does his essay convince you to doubt what people perceive or remember? To develop your essay, discuss specific examples from your own experience, your observation of others, and your readings. Be sure to go beyond “Some Close Encounters of a Mental Kind” when you provide your own evidence and quotations. There have been published quite a few articles about the flaws of our memory. We can identify three major areas where our memory fails us:
Perception Errors: problems with how we see something
Retrieval Error: we can get two memories mixed up
Retention Error: we can “lose” part of a memory over time
Out of many other publications, Elizabeth F. Loftus research stands out, and her findings also confirm the flaws of our memory. She is an American cognitive psychologist who conducted extensive research on the malleability of human memory. Besides her laboratory research, she’s been also involved in applying the results of her findings in legal settings, where she has consulted or provided expert witness testimony for hundreds of cases.
How do Loftus’s experiment and Gould’s personal experience relate to these concepts? What is your opinion on the issue?
Introduction:
Write a brief summary of Gould’s essay, connect Gould’s main idea with your opinion where you agree/disagree with his opinion. Be sure to specify what exactly you agree/disagree about.
Body: – follow your outline: start each paragraph with a topic sentence, provide your own (not Gould’s) examples. You may write about your personal experience or research the topic and provide quotations. Each paragraph should have support in the form of examples or quotes and have a transitional sentence or a concluding sentence.
Conclusion:
Sum up the main ideas of your essay and write why you think that Gould is right/wrong. What can be the consequences if people are not allowed to rely on their memories?
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