The TED talks title is working memory makes since of the world by Peter Doolittle
just go to Ted talk.com its like youtube
Below are the directions for the summary
Cognitive PsychologyResearch Papers
Each of your research paperswill start with the inspiration of theTED talk you viewed.
These are the basicformatting requirements for the paper:
Make sure to use 12 point Times New Roman or Arial font throughout the paper. Double-space the text. Use 1 inch margins around the page.
You should have acover pagewithyour name the name of the TED talk will serve as your paper title and the date.
You must use complete sentences and paragraphs in each part of the assignment.NO bullet points at all.
You should refer to the research articleby either the last names of the author and the year the article was published or by the title of the article.
You should also upload the pdf file of the research study that you chose to summarize.
Anydirect quotesin the paper will result in a subtraction of 50 points from your total paper grade. Even if you properly cite the quotation I will still deduct 50 points.
TED Talk
You should start your paper by describing the TED talk you watched. Your summary should include the name of the speaker and the reason why the speaker is an expert in the topic of the talk. Please summarize the main points of the talk. Also if any research studies are described make sure to describe the method and the main findings of these studies.Please do not quote directly from the TED talk.This summary should be at least one page long.
Research Summary
In this section you will be describing1scientific research article.You need to findanarticle that discuss a similar themeto the TED talk.You may NOT use one of the articles assigned for class discussion.You can find these articles by looking through the section in the textbook that describes the topic by looking up a research article written by the speaker in the TED talk oran article referenced by the speaker of the TED talk.The main criterionfor the research articlesare that you must find articles that arescientific(including amethod and results section) NOTwritten for ageneral audience (like Psychology TodayMagazine) andwritten in a style that you canunderstandmost of it. If you cannot understand the majority of the article you should either bring it to me so I can help you understand it or you should pick a different article. A summary based off of an article that you do not understand will not be a very good summary.You must be able to find the complete article. Do not try to write a summary based off of the abstract. I will be able to tell.Please ask meif you are not sure if the article youfound fitsthe criteria.
Once you have found the article you should write a summary of thearticle.The summary should be at least one page long!!Make sure to include:
the goal of the researchers
the importance of the research
a basic description of the methods including who the participants were and what each participant did in the study
andsome of the main findings from the article
You will identify thearticle you are discussing by referring to either the last names of the author and the year the article was published or by the title of the article.You should make sure to write using your own words rather than just quoting from the articles because your own words show your understanding of the article much more than quotations do.
Final Summary and Application
After completing the summaries you should includeseveral paragraphs(at least1/2page in length)aboutthe implications of the articleand how theresearch ties together with the TED talk you described. You can also connect the concepts in the articles/TED talk to concepts from our class/textbook.How are they related? Dothey conflict or do theyreinforce the ideas that you have already learned? You canalsodiscussyour feelings about the articles. Did the articles interest you? Are theyrelated to anything in your life?Does any of the research change how you view the study of cognition? Does the research affect how you viewyour own cognitive experiences? Do you have any ideas about areas of cognitive psychology that need to be examined in more depth? Where do you think this line of research could go next?What would be a good next step to understanding this concept better?
