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Chapter 11: The Realm of the Inductive I: Observation, Memory, and Testimony

After Chapter 11: Section 2:
11.1 Videos On Observation

  • Sensory System
    12:38
  • Olfaction - structure and function
    12:45
  • Gustation - structure and function
    12:30
  • How the Eye Works Animation
    3:22
After Chapter 11: Section 4:
11.2 Videos Assessing Memory

  • Elizabeth Loftus “lost in the mall” experiment
    1:46
  • Loftus and Palmer on false memories
    9:02
  • Loftus interview about her work
    0:59
  • Loftus TED talk on the fiction of memory
    17:37
  • A BBC report on the use of altered pictures to implant false memories
    3:43
  • Stossel report on children’s suggestibility
    16:33
After Chapter 11: Section 5:
11.3 Videos Eyewitness Testimony

  • CBS 60 Minutes on errors in eyewitness testimony part 1
    13:01
  • CBS 60 Minutes on errors in eyewitness testimony part 2
    13:07
  • he infamous McMartin Preschool molestation case and biased interrogation
    13:20
  • Humorous observation test
    1:34
After Chapter 11: Section 8:
11.4 Videos Expert Testimony

  • CriticalThinkingAcademy lecture on appeals to authority
    7:43
  • Prof. Sadler on fallacious appeal to authority
    18:35
11.5 Illustrations Identifying Faulty Appeals to Authority
11.6 Tutorial Identifying Faulty Appeals to Authority 15 points
11.7 Quiz Identifying Faulty Appeals to Authority Points = 30 x Percent Score
11.8 Tutorial Prima Facie Reasonable and Prima Facie Fallacious Appeals to Authority 10 points
11.9 Quiz Prima Facie Reasonable vs. Prima Facie Unreasonable Appeals to Authority Points = 20 x Percent Score
After Chapter 11: Section 11:
11.10 Tutorial Chapter 11 Concept Review 20 points