Saud Alanazi Cluster: B ENGH-121 10/14/2013 Outsourcing the Mind In the essay outsourcing the Mind by Gerd Gigerenzer,

psychologist director of the center for Adapted Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin: Author, Gut Feelings. Gigerenzer mentions about his new office in Palo Alto without any communication devices which gave him serenity a way from interruption of his thought. On the other hand, he says people nowadays in a constant alert always receiving text messages, e-mails, cell phones which disrupt good conversations and communications. Also, he talks about the active or the reactive use of internet and impact on people. Moreover, in searching out the mind and inside the mind can be very useful of the electronic devices. For instance; in presenting subject matter in writing, reading and acquiring better skills and results in our research. Additionally, Gigerenzer emphasizes the development such things from the inside to the outside Outsourcing the mind applying the searching machine. Furthermore, sources of information entered the internet will offer information for outsides sources. Such thing he says are in the process of outsourcing information storage and retrieval from the mind to the computer maybe we develop less skills in the process and the ability to concentrate. In his conclusion, Girgerenzer says the storage memory of our minds get used to more advance technology in the internet and perhaps a new discoveries , inventions will replace the old ones.

ENGH 121/ Summary 1 (Baker/Miller) Date: 10/30/13 Evaluation System 1, 2 = Emerging 3 = Developing/beginning to show criteria 4 = Capable/usually consistent (Passing)

Students Name: Saud Alanzi Section: AC2

5 = Experienced/effective/consistent 6, 7 = Exceptional/thought-provoking

Criteria a. Intro is logically arranged and contains authors name, article title and articles main/central idea b. Body covers significant main points from original text c. Body clearly and accurately defines key concepts d. Body connects the points logically and in your own words e. Tone is neutral and objective throughout f. Reporting verbs accurately reflect original authors tone and purpose g. Word forms, including verb structures, are correct h. Spelling, punctuation, and capitalization are correct i. Complete APA reference at end

A2+ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

B1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

B1+ 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

B2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

B2+ 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

C1 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

C2 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

COMMENTS: Starts out strong with the traditional author-title-argument structure, but it falls apart at the end of even the first sentence (extra unnecessary information added at the end of sentence one). The reporting verb says was used a lot (too much given the fact that we studied different reporting verb choices). GRADE: D