Course Notes |
Course notes, powerpoints, and
demonstrations: (NOTE: You are encouraged to review
the notes before class. To keep it fresh, and not spoil the
demonstrations, maybe wait to review the demonstrations
until after class.)
- CogPsy Notes 1 --
Introduction/History
- Complete CogLab
exercises for Attentional Blink and Muller-Lyer
Illusion
- PowerPoint for notes 1
- Strong Inference extra
- World's
smallest horse
- The Unit 1 quiz is posted
- Reading:
- Barlow, D. H., & Nock, M. K. (2009). Why can't
we be more idiographic in our research? Perspectives on
Psychological Science, 4, 19-21. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01088.x
- Daniel, D. B., & Poole, D. A. (2009). Learning
for life: An ecological approach to pedagogical
research. Perspectives
on Psychological Science, 4, 91-96. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6924.2009.01095.x
- Challenges to the paradigm:
- Proulx, T., & Heine, S. J. (2009). Connections
from Kafka: Exposure to meaning threats improves
implicit learning of an artificial grammar. Psychological Science,
20, 1125-1131. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02414.x
- Valla, J. M., & Ceci, S. J. (2011). Can sex
differences in science be tied to the long reach of
prenatal hormones? Brain organization theory, digit
ratio (2D/4D), and sex differences in preferences
and cognition. Perspectives
on Psychological Science, 6, 134-146. doi:10.1177/1745691611400236
- Park, L. E., Young, A. F., Troisi, J. D., &
Pinkus, R. T. (2011). Effects of everyday romantic
goal pursuit on women's attitudes toward math and
science. Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 37,
1259-1273. doi:10.1177/0146167211408436
- Taylor, V. J., & Walton, G. M. (2011).
Stereotype threat undermines academic learning. Personality and Social
Psychology Bulletin, 37, 1055-1067. doi:10.1177/0146167211406506
- CogPsy Notes 2 -- Pattern
Recognition
- Complete CogLab
exercises for Partial Report and Word Superiority
- PowerPoint for notes 2
- The Unit 2 quiz is posted
- Links:
- Reading:
- Lanthier, S. N., Risko, E. F., Stolz, J. A., &
Besner, D. (2009). Not all visual features are
created equal: Early processing in letter and word
recognition. Psychonomic
Bulletin and Review, 16, 67-73. doi:10.3758/PBR.16.1.67
- Becker, M. W. (2009). Panic search: Fear produces
efficient visual search for nonthreatening objects.
Psychological
Science, 20, 435-437. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02303.x
- Lindner, I., Echterhoff, G., Davidson, P. S. R.,
& Brand, M. (2010). Observation inflation: Your
actions become mine. Psychological Science, 21,
1291-1299. doi:10.1177/0956797610379860
- CogPsy Notes 3 --
Attention
- Complete CogLab
exercises for Signal Detection, Change Detection, and
Stroop Effect
- PowerPoint for notes 3
- The Unit 3 quiz is posted
- Links and demonstrations:
- Reading:
- Proulx, T., & Heine, S. J. (2008). The case of
the transmogrifying experimenter: Affirmation of a
moral schema following implicit change detection. Psychological Science,
19, 1294-1300. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02238.x
- Kunar, M. A., Carter, R., Cohen, M., &
Horowitz, T. S. (2008). Telephone conversation
impairs sustained visual attention via a central
bottleneck. Psychonomic
Bulletin and Review, 15, 1135-1140. doi:10.3758/PBR.15.6.1135
- Wolfe, J. M., Horowitz, T. S., & Kenner, N. M.
(2005). Rare items often missed in visual searches.
Nature, 435,
439-440. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4224304/
- Wolfe, J. M., Horowitz, T. S., Van Wert, M. J.,
Kenner, N. M., Place, S. S., & Kibbi, N. (2007).
Low target prevalence is a stubborn source of errors
in visual search tasks. Journal of Experimental Psychology:
General, 136, 623-638. doi:10.1037/0096-3445.136.4.623
- Van Wert, M. J., Horowitz, T. S., & Wolfe, J.
M. (2009). Even in correctable search, some types of
rare targets are frequently missed. Attention, Perception,
and Psychophysics, 71, 541-553. doi:10.3758/APP.71.3.541
- Navon, D. (1984). Resources--a theoretical soup
stone? Psychological Review, 91, 216-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0033-295X.91.2.216
(Note: It's an APA paper, so to get it for free you
have to go to the library database page and search
it in PsycInfo.)
- CogPsy Notes 4 -- Short
Term/Working Memory
- Complete CogLab
exercises for Memory Span, Sternberg Search, and
Operation Span
- PowerPoint for notes 4
- The Unit 4 quiz is posted
- Links and demonstrations:
- Reading:
- Ashcraft, M. H., & Krause, J. A. (2007).
Working memory, math performance, and math anxiety.
Psychonomic
Bulletin & Review, 14, 243-248.
- Morrison, A. B., & Chein, J. M. (2011). Does
working memory training work? The promise and
challenges of enhancing cognition by training
working memory. Psychonomic
Bulletin & Review, 18, 46-60. doi:10.3758/s13423-010-0034-0
- McCabe, D. P. (2010). The influence of complex
working memory span task administration methods on
prediction of higher level cognition and
metacognitive control of response times. Memory &
Cognition, 38, 868-882. doi:10.3758/MC.38.7.868
- Vandierendonck, A. (2016). A working memory system
with distributed executive control. Perspectives
on Psychological Science, 11, 74-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691615596790
- Melby-Lervag, M., Redick, T. S., & Hulme, C.
(2016). Working memory training does not improve
performance on measures of intelligence or other
measures of "far transfer": Evidence from a
meta-analytic review. Perspectives on
Psychological Science, 11, 512-534. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1745691616635612
- CogPsy Notes 5 -- Imagery
- Complete CogLab
exercise for Mental Rotation
- PowerPoint for notes 5,
add-on
- The Unit 5 quiz is posted
- Links and demonstrations:
- Reading:
- Zwaan, R. A., & Yaxley, R. H. (2003). Spatial
iconicity affects semantic relatedness judgments. Psychonomic Bulletin
and Review, 10, 954-958.
- Kozhevnikov, M., Louchakova, O., Josipovic, Z.,
& Motes, M. A. (2009). The enhancement of
visuospatial processing efficiency through Buddhist
Deity meditation. Psychological
Science, 20, 645-653. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02345.x
- CogPsy Notes 6 -- Episodic
Long Term Memory
- Complete CogLab
exercises for Serial Position and Levels of Processing
- PowerPoint for notes 6
- The Unit 6 quiz is posted
- Links and demonstrations:
- Reading:
- Cepeda, N. J., Vul, E., Rohrer, D., Wixted, J. T.,
& Pashler, H. (2008). Spacing effects in
learning: A temporal ridgeline of optimal retention.
Psychological
Science, 19, 1095-1102. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02209.x
- Kornell, N., & Bjork, R. A. (2008). Learning
concepts and categories: Is spacing the "enemy of
induction"? Psychological
Science, 19, 585-592. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02127.x
- Hintzman, D. L. (2011). Research strategy in the
study of memory: Fads, fallacies, and the search for
the "coordinates of truth." Perspectives on
Psychological Science, 6, 253-271. doi:10.1177/1745691611406924
- Miele, D. B., Finn, B., & Molden, D. C.
(2011). Does easily learned mean easily remembered?
It depends on your beliefs about intelligence. Psychological Science,
22, 320-324. doi:10.1177/0956797610397954
- Payne, J. D., & Kensinger, E. A. (2010).
Sleep's role in the consolidation of emotional
episodic memories. Current Directions in Psychological
Science, 19, 290-295. doi:10.1177/0963721410383978
- Chew, S. L. (2010). Improving classroom
performance by challenging student misconceptions
about learning. Observer,
23(4), 51-54. http://psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2666
- Gurung, R. A. R., & McCann, L. I. (2011). How
should students study? Tips, advice, and pitfalls. Observer, 24(4),
33-35. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2011/april-11/how-should-students-study-tips-advice-and-pitfalls.html
- CogPsy Notes 7 --
Processing
- CogPsy Notes 8 -- Semantic
Long Term Memory
- Complete CogLab
exercise for Lexical Decision and False Memory
- PowerPoint for notes 8
- Links and demonstrations:
- Reading:
- French, C. C., & Richards, A. (1993). Clock
this! An everyday example of a schema-driven error
in memory. British
Journal of Psychology, 84, 249-253.
- Karpicke, J. D., & Roediger, H. L. (2008). The
critical importance of retrieval for learning. Science, 319, 966-968.
doi: 10.1126/science.1152408
- Carpenter, S. K., Pashler, H., Wixted, J. T.,
& Vul, E. (2008). The effects of tests on
learning and forgetting. Memory & Cognition, 36,
438-448. doi:10.3758/MC.36.2.438
- Finn, B., & Metcalfe, J. (2010). Scaffolding
feedback to maximize long-term error correction. Memory &
Cognition, 38, 951-961. doi:10.3758/MC.38.7.951
- Fazio, L. K., Agarwal, P. K., Marsh, E. J., &
Roediger, H. L. (2010). Memorial consequences of
multiple choice testing on immediate and delayed
tests. Memory
& Cognition, 38, 407-418. doi:10.3758/MC.38.4.407
- Wilson, S., Darling, S., & Sykes, J. (2011).
Adaptive memory: Fitness relevant stimuli show a
memory advantage in a game of pelmanism. Psychonomic Bulletin
& Review, 18, 781-786. doi:10.3758/s13423-011-0102-0
- CogPsy Notes 9 --
Categorization
- Complete CogLab
exercise for Prototypes
- PowerPoint for notes 9
- Reading:
- Kole, J. A., Healy, A. F., Fierman, D. M., &
Bourne, L. E., Jr. (2010). Contextual memory and
skill transfer in category search. Memory and Cognition,
38, 67-82. doi: 10.3758/MC.38.1.67
- CogPsy Notes 10 --
Interesting Cognitive Stuff
- PowerPoint for notes 10
- Reading:
- Schmader, T., Forbes, C. E., Zhang, S., &
Mendes, W. B. (2009). A metacognitive perspective on
the cognitive deficits experiencd in intellectually
threatening environments. Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 35, 584-596. doi:10.1177/0146167208330450
- Berman, M. G., Jonides, J., & Kaplan, S.
(2008). The cognitive benefits of interacting with
nature. Psychological
Science, 19, 1207-1212. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02225.x
- Rajaram, S., & Pereira-Pasarin, L. P. (2010).
Collaborative memory: Cognitive research and theory.
Perspectives on
Psychological Science, 5, 649-663. doi:10.1177/1745691610388763
- Barber, S. J., Rajaram, S., & Aron, A. (2010).
When two is too many: Collaborative encoding impairs
memory. Memory
& Cognition, 38, 255-264. doi:10.3758/MC.38.3.255
(This doi seems to link to the journal and not the
particular article. You will need to go to the
correct volume and issue number, and then scroll to
the page number for the article. The pdf will be
available there.)
- Koch, S., Holland, R. W., Hengstler, M., & van
Knippenberg, A. (2009). Body locomotion as
regulatory process: Stepping backward enhances
cognitive control. Psychological Science, 20,
549-550. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02342.x
- CogPsy Notes 11 --
Language--Structure
- PowerPoint for notes 11
- Notes 11 extra
parsing examples
- Reading:
- Speer, N. K., Reynolds, J. R., Swallow, K. M.,
& Zacks, J. M. (2009). Reading stories activates
neural representations of visual and motor
experiences. Psychological
Science, 20, 989-999. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02397.x
- Sherman, G. D., & Clore, G. L. (2009). The
color of sin: White and black are percptual symbols
of moral purity and pollution. Psychological Science,
20, 1019-1025. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02403.x
- CogPsy Notes 12 --
Language--Meaning
- PowerPoint for notes 12
- Reading:
- Goldin-Meadow, S., Cook, S. W., & Mitchell, Z.
A. (2009). Gesturing gives children new ideas about
math. Psychological
Science, 20, 267-272. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02297.x
- Freina, L., Baroni, G., Borghi, A. M., &
Nicoletti, R. (2009). Emotive concept nouns and
motor responses: Attraction or repulsion? Memory and Cognition,
37, 493-499. doi:10.3758/MC.37.4.493
- Nelson, L. D., & Simmons, J. P. (2007).
Moniker maladies: When names sabotage success. Psychological Science,
18, 1106-1112. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2007.02032.x
- Kelly, S. D., Ozyurek, A., & Maris, E. (2010).
Two sides of the same coin: Speech and gesture
mutually interact to enahnce comprehension. Psychological Science,
21, 260-267. doi:10.1177/0956797609357327
- Ziegler, J. C., et al. (2010). Orthographic depth
and its impact on universal predictors of reading: A
cross-language investigation. Psychological Science,
21, 551-559. doi:10.1177/0956797610363406
- Goksun, T., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R.
M. (2010). Trading spaces: Carving up events for
learning language. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 5,
33-42. doi:10.1177/1745691609356783
- McCrudden, M. T., Magliano, J. P., & Schraw,
G. (2011). The effect of diagrams on online reading
processes and memory. Discourse Processes, 48, 69-92. On
eReserve
at the library. The password is "lang6190"
- Nittrouer, S., & Pennington, B. (2010). New
approaches to the study of childhood language
disorders. Current
Directions in Psychological Science, 19,
308-313. doi:10.1177/0963721410383976
- CogPsy Notes 13 --
Reasoning and Decision Making
- Complete CogLab
exercises for Wason Selection, Decision Making, Monty
Hall, and Typical Reasoning
- PowerPoint for notes 13
- Reading:
- Gigerenzer, G., Gaissmaier, W., Kurz-Milcke, E.,
Schwartz, L. M., & Woloshin, S. (2007). Helping
doctors and patients make sense of health
statistics. Psychological
Science in the Public Interest, 8, 53-96.
Editorial doi:10.1111/j.1539-6053.2008.00033_1.x
Article doi:10.1111/j.1539-6053.2008.00033.x
- Stewart, N. (2009). The cost of anchoring on
credit-card minimum repayments. Psychological Science,
20, 39-41. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02255.x
- Tykocinski, O. E. (2008). Insurance, risk, and
magical thinking. Personality
and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34,
1346-1356. doi:10.1177/0146167208320556
- Labroo, A. A., Lambotte, S., & Zhang, Y.
(2009). The "name-ease" effect amd its dual impact
on importance judgments. Psychological Science, 20,
1516-1522. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02477.x
- Fischer, P., et al. (2009). The racing-game
effect: Why do video racing games increase
risk-taking inclinations? Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin, 35, 1395-1409. doi:10.1177/0146167209339628
- CogPsy Notes 14 -- Human Factors
- PowerPoint for notes
14
- Links and demonstrations:
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