| Psy 4500: Cognitive Psychology, Spring 2013 | ||||
| Syllabus | CogLab website | List of interesting Articles (optional) | Useful Links* | |
| Lecture Date | Week | Lecture Topic*. |
Lab |
News, Notes, & Reminders |
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| 1/14 | 1 | Introduction to Cognition (Ch. 1) |
Getting Started with CogLab
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bring laptop & credit card to lab | |||||
| 1/21 | 2 | no lecture (Martin Luther King Day) | Methods in Cognition | Sternberg Memory Search | do the Sternberg Memory Search task in CogLab | ||||
| lab starts at 12.30 (2h lab) | |||||||||
| 1/28 | 3 | Object Recognition (Ch. 3) | Visual Search | ||||||
| Face Recognition | |||||||||
| 2/4 | 4 | Spatial Attention (Ch. 4) | Spatial Cueing | ||||||
| 2/11 | 5 | Executive Attention (Ch. 4) | Stroop | Simon | |||||
| 2/18 | 6 | Working Memory (Ch. 1, Ch. 5) | Phonological Similarity | Brown-Peterson | how to ace an essay exam | ||||
| what do you mean by that? (useful terms) | |||||||||
| 2/25 | 7 | Exam! (see additional study guide) | Meetings to discuss Initial Plan sheet | ||||||
| 3/4 | March Break | ||||||||
| 3/11 | 8 | Long-Term Memory (Ch. 6 & 7) | Serial Position | Levels of Processing | Initial Plan for Writing Assignment | ||||
| 3/18 | 9 | Concepts (Ch. 8) | Prototype | Categorical Identification | Memento | ||||
| 3/25 | 10 | catch up | Easter (no lab) | ||||||
| 4/1 | 11 | post-Easter (no lecture) | mtgs w/students about their papers | ||||||
| 4/8 | 12 | Imagery (ch. 10) | talks | ||||||
| 4/15 | 13 | xxxxxxx |
talks |
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| 4/22 | 14 | Judgment & Decision Making (ch. 11) |
talks |
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| 4/29 | 15 | Reasoning & Problem Solving (ch. 12) | Consciousness (ch. 13) | Final Paper due Monday of this week in class | |||||
| Wednesday: review | |||||||||
| Final Exam: Friday May 10th, 2.30-5.00 pm | |||||||||
| Spare topics |
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Risky Decisions | Typical Reasoning | ||||||
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Language (ch. 10) |
Memory Errors/ Metamemory (Ch. 7) | Nova video: Mind over Money | |||||||
| Cognitive Development | False Memory | ||||||||
| aging | Instrs manual | ||||||||
| metacognition | |||||||||
*I
have tried to find reliable info but cannot guarantee all links lead to accurate
information.
The schedule is
tentative and subject to change. Changes will be announced in class.