Instructions for Oral Presentations (2) Psychology 409a G24 Spring 2006 Dr. Leon James Instructor

Instructions for Class Presentations
Oral 2
409a, 409b, 459
Spring 2006 Generation 24
Dr. Leon James, Instructor

Note: The instructions given for Oral 1 contain many of the details you need to know on how to make your oral presentations. You must consult those instructions for your Oral 2 as well. Oral 1 instructions also cover the 10 Outlines you must upload.

Oral 2 is presented as a team of three students. Each student plays one of the three roles below for 10 minutes, then there is a switch, twice, so that each student gets to play all three roles:

409a Monday class	409b Tuesday class	459 Thursday class
a science reporter doing an interview simultaneously with two panelists one is a police officer who admits to being an aggressive driver, on and off duty the other is a psychologist teaching a Court ordered course for aggressive drivers	a science reporter doing an interview simultaneously with two panelists one is a colleague of Dr. Laura who supports her views the other is a graduate assistant of Dr. James who is familiar with his views on the unity model	a science reporter doing an interview simultaneously with two panelists one is a negative bias psychology professor who read most of theistic psychology the other is a positive bias psychology professor who read most of theistic psychology

Since each switch lasts for 10 minutes, the total time for Oral 2 will be 30 minutes.

1) Your role is to make sure the topics in the assigned reading are adequately covered.

2) Your task is to ask questions and direct the answers so the topic is adequately explored as the audience is listening.

3) One method is to address the same question to each panelist. You will need to monitor what each is saying and continue to ask questions to make sure the topic is explored sufficiently. You can alternate, or go in any direction you want.

4) Don't just ask one question for each topic and be satisfied with one answer. Your job is to make a platform for the panelists to allow for the contrastive views to come out into the open explicitly. Besides asking prepared questions, you will also need to ask impromptu questions that may come up as a result of an answer. These are "follow up" questions or probes. You can also ask the other panelist to comment on what one of them said.

5) You will need to read and study the assigned reading section so you can prepare a list of questions you want to ask each panelist. Next to each question, write down the content of the answer you expect or want. Make sure you bring out this content by asking the right questions as a stimulus.

6) Your job is also to monitor the time, and the distribution of time for each topic and for each panelist. The interview must last at least 10 minutes and no more than 12. You will lose points if you fail to stay within these limits. This will be a challenge because you can't predict in advance how long the answers will be. So you must look at your watch as you proceed and adjust things accordingly.

If you see that one of the panelists is not being relevant, or is not addressing the issue you want, then you need to interrupt the answer, and ask again in a different way. You must be in charge so the topic gets covered in different aspects.

1) You must prepare in advance for this role by making notes as you study the assigned reading. Isolate the sentences, ideas, concepts, that you think would be disputed or rejected by the other panelist. Try to make these points effectively when you are answering a question by the reporter. You will earn good points if you stay on topic, and give your answer briefly and effectively. Remember the audience. Your points are being made to them and for them.

2) Try to be very specific in your answers, indicating what sentence or concept in the assigned reading that you are disputing or supporting. You can only do this if you studied the assigned reading and rely on your notes.