Here is the link to the article about note-taking that we discussed (and will continue to frequently discuss) during class.

Your assignment is to do what the article says you should do: handwrite "generative" notes. What does that mean? Summarize, paraphrase, diagram, and so on. These are the key to what psychologists call "elaboration" and it is the key to encoding information into your short-term memory.

Related, of course, is the TED talk Feats of memory anyone can do.

Here's the website that I've been using concerning the events in Charlottesville, VA, over the past few weeks, and, in specific, those of August 12^th.

http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/elesson-setting-classroom-expectations-trust-tolerance-civil-discourse/

The assignment is to reflect on the events in Charlottesville by looking up and thinking about the terms social learning, social psychology, and motivation. Your written reflection should not be long, just read about the terms in the King text or online and think. For example, a psychologist might focus on motivation. One of the people interviewed said that he was there "because this is my town and I don't want to be intimidated". What do you think motivated him to be there, and then to talk to a reporter? Where do his ideas come from? Do you think he learned these ideas or does he have an instinct that compels him?

Don't write about that guy unless you're at a loss. I would prefer you pose and answer your own questions.