Homework

Homework 5

1.

Write a one- to two-paragraph summary of the article, and include some ways that our society can (and does) draw unwarranted inferences from how science is reported in the media. Make sure to mention the key oversights and misstatements in this article.

2. The author of the article attempted to mitigate the idea that the large amygdala caused teen conflict; when you read the article, did you think that he was successful? How do you think an untrained person would interpret these findings? How could the author have written it differently to avoid leaving misleading impressions of the importance of the findings?