Q Directions The Report Back assignment allows you to gather information about concepts that we are discussing during the unit and test them out in the real world! As you report your results, please do not indicate full names. For each unit Report Back: 1. Respond with your answers to this unit's Report Back questions. 2. Ask five adult volunteers this unit's Report Back questions. Using only adult volunteers adds standardization to this activity. 3. Report back on your results. 4. Briefly summarize your observations. Include in your summary, how many of your respondents behaved as predicted. 5. After Thursday, check back and add at least one posting to summarize or to discuss the responses. Report Back This Unit Spelling and Perceptual Set The purpose of this activity is to examine perceptual set (a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another) by asking volunteers to: 1. Identify a word that you will spell out for them and 2. Answer a question as quickly as possible. Procedure For this part of the exercise, complete the task one-on-one and select a native-English speaker - this will make the activity more optimal 1. Inform your participant that you will spell out some common words and ask your volunteer to say them. After your volunteer says them, have your volunteer respond as quickly as possible to a question that you ask. 2. Repeat for the other words and ask your volunteers about their thinking as they completed the activity. Note: Before you begin this exercise, you can listen to the following audio instructions for more detailed instructions: Unit 2: Report Back Audio InstructionsDownload Unit 2: Report Back Audio InstructionsPlay media comment. To Begin Ask five individuals to complete the following task: 1. What does S-I-L-K spell? What do cows drink? (answer: water) (predicted answer: milk) 2. What does R-O-A-S-T spell? What do you put into a toaster? (answer: bread) (predicted answer: toast) 3. What does S-P-O-T spell? What do you do at a green light? (answer: go) (predicted answer: stop) Super size this activity with the following: 1. Say TEN five times fast. What are aluminum cans made of? 2. If a red house is made with red bricks, a blue house is made with blue bricks, a pink house is made with pink bricks, a black house is made with black bricks, what is a greenhouse made with? 3. Spell F O R T. What do you eat soup with? 4. Jack's mother had 4 children. One was called North, one was called South and one was called East. What was the other one called? Answers Aluminum Glass Spoon Jack BTW - this activity demonstrates Daniel Kahneman's (Nobel Laureate and cognitive psychologist) two thinking systems - Fast (System 1) and Slow (System 2). Can you guess which one is controlled and analytical? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow