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Please read chapter 5 that was previously emailed to you.

What I would like you to do is to find a topic from this chapter that interests you and search the internet for material on that topic. You might, for example, find people who are doing research on the topic, you might find web pages that discuss the topic, you might find youtube clips that demonstrate something related to the topic, etc. What you find and use is pretty much up to you at this point.

Once you have completed your search and explorations (which may include a fair amount of browsing time, and reading websites, links, news pieces, or articles), I would like you to say what your topic is, how exactly it fits into the chapter, why you are interested in it, and what you learned about that topic from 3 of the sources you viewed/read on the internet (please at the end of your comment include the 3 URLs). Choose quality sources. You may want to review people's posts from last week's assignment to see examples of posts different from your own.

Your comment should be clearly written and demonstrate the time and effort you spent on this assignment. Do not just talk about each of the three URLs separately. INTEGRATE your discussion of the topic referring to the URLs as necessary.

What's in the News?

What I would like you to do is to start applying what we are learning in class to real world matters.

What I would like you to do is to either go to NPR (http://www.npr.org/ ), the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ ) or any news site listed at the bottom of this page (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ listed in their news sources) and read, watch, or listen to something that is interesting to you and relates to what we have been learning about psychology via lectures and your chapters.

Please comment by telling us what the piece you chose was and why you picked it (what made it interesting for you)? What did you expect to see? What did you find most interesting about the piece?

Next discuss how it relates to the class using terms, terminology, and concepts that we have learned so far in class.

Include the URL in your post.

Make a list of key terms and concepts you used in your post.

What I would like you to do for this assignment is to choose a topic related to psychology and law that YOU are really interested in. This could be something you've always wondered about or been interested in, or something you've discovered in this class that has spurred your interest. I want you to find out what you can about this topic. Once you have completed your search and explorations (which may include a fair amount of browsing time, and reading websites, links, news pieces, or articles), I would like you to say what your topic is, why you are interested in it, and what you learned about that topic from 3 of the sources you viewed/read on the internet (please at the end of your comment include the 3 URLs).

Please read chapters 1 and 2 that were emailed to you. These are the introductory chapters on the disciplines of psychology and law, separately, and Psychology & Law as a single discipline.

What I would like you to do is to find a topic from one of those 2 chapters that interests you and search the internet for material on that topic. You might, for example, find people who are doing research on the topic, you might find web pages that discuss the topic, you might find youtube clips that demonstrate something related to the topic, etc. What you find and use is pretty much up to you at this point.

Once you have completed your search and explorations (which may include a fair amount of browsing time, and reading websites, links, news pieces, or articles), I would like you to say what your topic is, how exactly it fits into the chapter, why you are interested in it, and what you learned about that topic from 3 of the sources you viewed/read on the internet (please at the end of your comment include the 3 URLs).

Your comment should be clearly written and demonstrate the time and effort you spent on this assignment.

Read the transcript of the Sandoval trial emailed to you. It is a verbatim transcript of the trial (from the jury's perspective). It is long. Allow sufficient time to read it. This is one assignment where it may be most helpful to NOT read other's comments and just do this on your own.

Use these headings when commenting to this post.

What aspects of the trial procedures were you already familiar with?

What aspects of the trial procedures were new to you, or you learned something about?

What surprised you most about this trial?

What do you think would be going through the minds of the jurors as they sat there and listened to this trial?

What psychological terms or factors are operating in the defendant?

What psychological terms or factors are operating in the jurors?

What pieces of evidence are not disputed (ie, both sides, prosecution and defense agree to them)?

What pieces of evidence are in dispute (ie., the prosecution or defense disagree on some point)?

Describe how the prosecution OR the defense used the evidence to craft a story to support their viewpoint.

At this point, as a potential juror, which way are you leaning (guilty or not guilty) and why? This is predeliberation, so do not focus on or respond to other people's comments (for a later assignment, you will deliberate with the other 'jurors' in the class).

Here are some articles about the case. I've specifically chosen ones that do not discuss the trial itself or outcome (you can look that up later!). For this assignment, read the information and then make some decisions about how you will develop the case.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/11/30/national/main658296.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_Vang (only if you have enough self control not to read the trial and verdict sections!)

http://graphics2.jsonline.com/graphics/news/img/nov04/statement112304edits01.pdf

•Decide who you are: prosecution or defense