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Midterm 1 (16%) will be administered in-class on Thursday, October 20, which will test yourknowledge of materials covered from Sep 7 th to Oct 18 th . Midterm 2 (16%) will beadministered in-class on Tuesday, November 22, which will test your knowledge of materialscovered from Oct 25 th to November 17 th . The final exam (36%) will be administered in-class onThursday, December 22 from 8-10am and will cover materials from the entire course. Makeupexams will not be granted except with signed verification from the Office for StudentAffairs with legitimate excuse. You should not register in this course if you will be unavailablefor the exam dates listed above.2. (12%) Three lab reportsWe will conduct in-class labs three times during the semester. You will divide into subgroupsof 3 to conduct classical cognitive experiments. Data from the class will be averaged for you towrite a lab report. This will be short description of what you have found and what you think itmeans (word limit: 500 words, inclusive of all text). Lab reports are due at 9:45am one-weekafter the lab session. Each lab report will be graded on a 10-point scale and counts 4% towardyour final grade. Late submission will cost 1-point (out of the 10) per day.3. (20%) 22 Quiz and 4 attendanceWe will take class attendance four times: the first class and each of the 3 labs. In addition, therewill be one quiz for each of the other 22 lectures, which must be submitted in that lecture’sclass. Each attendance or each correct response to a quiz will give you 1%, for a maximum of20%. Perfect record (all 4 attendance and all 22 correct answers to the quiz) will earn you anextra 2% bonus toward your final score.TextbookLectures will be drawn from a wide array of materials, and consequently they do not significantlyoverlap with any existing textbooks. However, readings will be assigned from chapters in thefollowing textbook:Reisberg, Daniel (2009). Cognition: Exploring the science of the mind. (4 th edition). Note: 2 nd and 3 rdeditions are acceptable.In addition, for each class we will assign a related journal article for you to read. Readings are linkedto this syllabus! Exam materials may be drawn from the journal articles.Additional readingsSupplementary readings will be drawn from the scientific literature and linked to the course web site.The following book is a good reference for brain-related materials:Gazzaniga, M.S., Ivry R.B., Mangun G.R. (2008). Cognition Neuroscience: The Biology of the Mind(3 rd edition; GIM). [2 nd edition is informative too].Both the Reisberg book and the GIM can be purchased at from the web. Used copies and older editionsare acceptable.Preliminary course outlinesFall 2011 PSY 3051 at umn.edu2Intro to Cognitive Psychology
Here is a preliminary outline of the materials that we will cover in this course. The exact timing of thelectures is subject to change: we may end up spending more time than is listed here on topics thatstrike you as especially interesting or difficult.Date Day Quiz Topic Readings9/6 Tu attendance Introduction 1: CognitivePsychologyPotter (1975). Meaning in visualsearch; Reisberg Chapter 1.9/8 Th Q1 Introduction II: Themes Bloom (2001): Word learning9/13 Tu Q2 Attention 1: Consequence ofattentionLavie (2005). Selective attentionunder load. Reisberg Chapter 4.9/15 Th Q3 Attention 2: Object-based attention Scholl (2001): Objects & attention9/20 Tu attendance Lab 1: Visual search Report due: 9/27 at 9:45am9/22 Th Q4 Attention 3: Visual search(provides background for Lab 1)Wolfe (1998). 1,000,000 trials ofvisual search.9/27 Tu Q5 Attention 4: Divided attention Pashler et al. (2001). Attention andperformance.9/29 Th Q6 Memory 1: Amnesia, memory bytimeLuck & Vogel (1997). Capacity ofvisual working memory. ReisbergChapter 5.10/4 Tu attendance Lab 2: Serial position curve Report due: 10/11 at 9:45am10/6 Th Q7 Memory 2: Amnesia, memory bytypeNYTimes (08): HM’s Obituary.Reisberg Chapter 6.10/11 Tu Q8 Memory 3: Declarative memory Karpicke & Roediger (08).Retrieval for learning. ReisbergChapter 7.10/13 Th Q9 Memory 4: Memory asreconstructionLoftus (03): make-believememories. Reisberg Chapter 8.10/18 Tu Q10 Emotion & Cognition Susskind & Anderson (2008).Facial expression form & function.10/20 Th Midterm Exam 110/25 Tu Q11 Knowledge 1: Concept &CategorizationLombrozo (2009). Explanation andcategorization. Reisberg Chapter 9.10/27 Th Q12 Knowledge 2: Number Feigenson (04): Number system.11/1 Tu Q13 Knowledge 3: Reasoning & Reisberg Chapters 12, 13, 14.Decision11/3 Th Q14 Knowledge 4: Theory of Mind 1: Saxe (04): Reading your mindBasics11/8 Tu Q15 Vision 1: Introduction Reisberg Chapter 3.11/10 Th attendance Lab 3: Face perception Report due 11/17 at 9:45am11/15 Tu Q16 Vision 2: Face perception Moscovitch et al. (1997). What isspecial about face recognition?11/17 Th Q17 Vision 3: What, where, and how Goodale (04): duplex vision11/22 Tu Midterm Exam 211/24 Th Thanksgiving, no class11/29 Tu Q18 Research Methods Kosslyn et al. (2003). Mentalimagery. Reisberg Chapter 2.12/1 Th Q19 Language 1: Language acquisition Johnson & Newport (1989).Critical period in L2 learning.Fall 2011 PSY 3051 at umn.edu3Intro to Cognitive Psychology
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