Spring 2018
Syllabus and Lecture Notes
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the hot topics below to see lecture notes
and selected support materials.
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Week |
Topic |
pdf notes |
Readings |
| 1/15 - 1/19 | Monday: Martin
Luther King, Jr's Day (no class) Introduction to Course Metaphors of the Mind |
Introduction.pdf Foundations.pdf |
Ch. 1 |
| 1/22 - 1/26 |
A Process Model of Cognition Pattern Recognition |
ProcessModel.pdf Pattern Recognition.pdf |
Ch. 2 |
| 1/29 - 2/2 |
Sensory Storage Attention & Resource Allocation |
Sensory
Storage.pdf Attention.pdf |
Ch. 3 |
| 2/5 - 2/9 |
Short-Term Memory |
STS.pdf | Ch. 4 |
| 2/12 - 2/16 |
Finish STS Test 1 Wednesday, 2/14:
Covers Chapters 1-4
(sample) |
Dissociations.pdf | Ch. 5 |
| 2/19 - 2/23 |
Long-Term Memory: Encoding |
LOP.pdf Distinctiveness.pdf |
Ch. 6. pp 125-142 |
| 2/26 - 3/2 |
Long-Term Memory: Forgetting & Retrieval |
Forgetting.pdf Repression.pdf |
Ch. 6 pp. 142-151 |
| 3/5 - 3/9 |
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| 3/12 - 3/16 |
Memory Illusions |
Reconstruction.pdf | Ch. 11 |
| 3/19 - 3/23 |
Imagery |
Imagery.pdf
|
Ch. 7 |
| 3/26 - 3/30 |
Test
2 Monday 3/26: Covers Chapters 5, 6,
11, 7 (sample) |
Emotion1.pdf | Library Research |
| 4/2 - 4/6 |
Cognition and Emotion (continued) Topic Approval due Friday 4/6 |
Emotion2.pdf |
Ch.
14 (optional) |
| 4/9 - 4/13 |
Semantic Memory |
SemanticMemory.pdf | Ch. 9 |
| 4/16 - 4/20 |
Papers due Monday 4/16 Language |
language.pdf
|
Ch. 10 |
| 4/23 - 4/25 |
Problem Solving |
Problem.pdf | Ch. 12 |
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Exam Schedule Mon 4/30 9:30 (10:20 class) |
Test 3: Covers Chapters 9, 10, 12 and Cognition and Emotion (sample) |
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Last
Modified 12/27/2017
