| Psy 4500: Cognitive Psychology, Spring 2012 | ||||
| Syllabus | CogLab website | List of interesting Articles (optional) | Useful Links* | |
| Lecture Date | Week | Lecture Topic click for lecture notes, readings, study questions, and useful links*. |
Lab (assignments are due at beginning of lab, unless otherwise noted). |
News, Notes, & Reminders |
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| 1/10 | 1 |
Intro |
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| 1/16 | 2 | Introduction to Cognition (Ch. 1) |
Getting Started with CogLab
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| 1/23 | 3 | Methods in Cognition | Sternberg Memory Search | |||||||
| 1/30 | 4 | Object Recognition (Ch. 3) | Visual Search | Word Superiority(optional) | ||||||
| 2/6 | 5 | Face Recognition | Spatial Cueing | |||||||
| Attention (Ch. 4) | ||||||||||
| 2/13 | 6 | Executive Function (Ch. 4) | Stroop | Simon | Sensory Memory (partial report task) | |||||
| 2/20 | 7 | catch-up | ||||||||
| 2/27 | 8 | Exam! (see additional study guide) | how to ace an essay exam | |||||||
| what do you mean by that? (useful terms) | ||||||||||
| 3/5 | March Break | |||||||||
| 3/12 | 9 | Working Memory (Ch. 1, Ch. 5) | Phonological Similarity | Brown-Peterson | Initial Plan for Writing Assignment | |||||
| 3/19 | 10 | Long-Term Memory | Serial Position | Levels of Processing | Memento | |||||
| 3/26 | 11 | Concepts (Ch. 9) | Prototype | Categorical Identification | ||||||
| 4/2 | 12 | Cognitive Development | Easter (no lab) | |||||||
| 4/9 | 13 | post-Easter (no lecture) | False Memory | |||||||
| 4/16 | 14 | Imagery (ch. 11) | Mental Rotation | |||||||
| 4/23 | 15 | Judgment & Decision Making (ch. 12) | Risky Decisions | Typical Reasoning | Nova video: Mind over Money | |||||
| 4/30 | 16 | Reasoning & Problem Solving (ch. 13, 14) |
review |
Final Paper due Monday of this week in class | ||||||
| Final Exam: Wednesday May 9th, 8.30 am to 11.00 pm | ||||||||||
| Spare topics |
Consciousness (ch. 15) |
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Language (ch. 10) |
Memory Errors/ Metamemory (Ch. 7) | |||||||||
| 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.