1. In her article for The New York Times, Jennifer Schuessler asks ". . . [H]ave the recurring scandals over fake memoirs ruined the game for the honest ones?" Do you agree or disagree? How do you approach your reading of this genre? Do you allow for narrative embellishment, or do you expect strictly factual accounts? Explain. 2. What do you think the controversy raised by some Limerick residents suggests about their culture and beliefs?

3. Why do you think it is easier for a memoir to get published than it is for a novel right now? What is the appeal of memoirs that novelists cannot provide?

(adapted from m. m. duguid and j. a. goncalo, living large: the powerful overestimate their own height. ) in a study of power and self-image, participants were not told the true purpose of the study; instead, they believed they were participating in a business simulation. researchers randomly assigned participants to a high power(n = 44) or low-power (n = 44) condition. in the high-power condition, participants recalled a time when they had power over others, and in the low-power condition, they recalled a time when others had power over them. participants were asked to adjust the height (in centimeters) of an electronic graphical image (an avatar)of themselves to reflect their personal appearance. results indicated a statistically significant difference in participants’ perceptions of their own height across the two conditions. participants in the high-power condition created taller self-images (mean = 6.0, standard deviation = 1.5) than participants in the low-power condition(mean = 4.0, standard deviation = 1.0). * describe independent variable- describe how researchers measured the independent variable- explain why the researchers can conclude that there is a cause-and-effect relationship between the independent and dependent variables. - explain what statistical significance means in the context of the study.- explain why debriefing would be necessary in the study. -