Psychology 355: Cognitivebk:Top Psychology
Spring Quarter 2014
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6/18/2014: Grades have been posted to the Catalyst Gradebook. They were turned in to the UW Academic Records Office earlier on 6/18 but they may not appear on your MyUW account for as many as four business days. Answer keys for the final exam have been posted. |
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Generalbk:GenInfo Information:
Course Description (UW Catalog): PSYCH 355 Cognitive Psychology (5 credits) I&S. Current theory and research in perception, attention, memory and learning, attitudes, thinking and decision making, and language. For the student who wishes a survey or who intends additional work in any of the above content areas. Prerequisite: 2.0 in PSYCH 202; 2.0 in PSYCH 209.
Course Description for Psychology 355: This is a pdf of the course description that was handed out on the first day of class.
Learning Goals for Psychology 355: Cognitive Psychology
Link to Cengage
CogLab website
Psych 355 GoPost Message Board: You can post messages here that your classmates can see. Topics include sharing Coglab access codes, and questions or ideas about cognitive psychology.
Requiredbk:Texts Text:
Goldstein, E. B. (2010). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson-Wadsworth.
▪ WARNING: READ THIS WEBPAGE BEFORE BUYING THE TEXTBOOK. This webpage explains the issues when buying a new or used textbook.
▪ To see the publisher's materials for the Goldstein textbook, I believe that you first have to (a) click on a link to the companion website for the Goldstein (2010) textbook; (b) create an account for yourself. Then (c) you can click on link the student companion website for the textbook, where you will see sample questions and flash cards for the various book chapters.
Francis, G., & Neath, I. (2006). Coglab online version 2.0 (with valid access code). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing/Cengage.
▪ Note: The only reason you need this lab manual is because it comes with an access code to Coglabs (https://coglab.cengage.com/), a website that lets you access cognition experiments. STUDENTS IN PSYCH 355 WILL NEED A VALID ACCESS CODE TO THE COGLABS EXPERIMENTS. The access code is sold with the Coglabs manual.
▪ Do not buy a used copy of the Coglabs manual unless you are certain that the access code is still valid (it usually isn't valid because the previous owner registered the access code to himself or herself).
Some students have asked whether they can use a used copy of the Goldstein textbook for this course. The answer is a little complicated, so I have put the answer in a separate webpage (Can I use a used copy of the textbook for Psych 355?)
Grades bk:grades
Link to the Catalyst Gradebook for Psych 355
Description of how final grades are computed. The document (linked at the beginning of this paragraph) explains the method used for computing the final grades.
Description of the computation of the final grade for Psych 355, spring 2014. This document shows the formula that will be used, a histogram of the class grades, and statistics for the grades.
Make Up Quizzes and Exams: Make up quizzes or exams will be given ONLY IF you contact the instructor BEFORE the quiz or exam has been given. If you do not do so, you will not be allowed to take a make-up quiz or exam and will receive no credit for the quiz or exam.
[The links in this paragraph are not currently valid (3/29/2014). They will be activated at the end of Psych 355. Answer keys for the final exam (multiple choice section) have been posted. See the answer key section below. I have also posted a document that shows the formula that was used to compute the final grade, a histogram of the class grades, and statistics for the grades. See Description of the computation of the final grade for for Psych 355, winter 2012.]
Answer Keys:
▪ Obviously I will not post answer keys until a quiz or exam has been given. Answer keys will be posted by Friday of the week in which a quiz or exam was given. The links to answer keys for future quizzes and exams are deadends.
Answer Keys for Quizzes: Quiz 1 (Week 02); Quiz 2 (Week 03); Quiz 3 (Week 5); Quiz 4 (Week 6); Quiz 5 (Week 7); Quiz 6 (Week 9); Quiz 7 (Week 10)
Answer Keys for Midterm 1: Form A,
Form
B, Form C.
This link takes you to a document that shows the summary statistics
for Midterm 1.
Answer Keys for Midterm 2: There are separate answer keys for the
multiple choice questions and the essay question.
Multiple Choice: Form A,
Form
B, Form C;
Essay Question: Answer
Key for Essay Question
This link takes you to a document that shows the summary statistics
for Midterm 2.
Answer Keys for Final Exam: Form A, Form B, Form C; Answer key for the essay question on the final exam.
2013 Quizzes & Exams: Below are links to the exams that were given to the winter 2013 Psych 355 class. Note: You will learn more if you initially study a previous exam WITHOUT the answer key, and then later use the answer key to check an answer that you have generated for yourself. The following links connect you to the exam without the answer key and with the answer key.
▪ Winter 2013 Quizzes WITHOUT answer keys: Quiz 1 (Week 02); Quiz 2 (Week 03); Quiz 3 (Week 5); Quiz 4 (Week 6); Quiz 5 (Week 7); Quiz 6 (Week 9); Quiz 7 (Week 10)
▪ Winter 2013 Quizzes WITH answer keys: Quiz 1 (Week 02); Quiz 2 (Week 03); Quiz 3 (Week 5); Quiz 4 (Week 6); Quiz 5 (Week 7); Quiz 6 (Week 9); Quiz 7 (Week 10)
▪ Winter 2013 Midterm 1 without the answer key; Midterm 1 with answer key
▪ Winter 2013 Midterm 2 without the answer key; Midterm 2 with answer key; Midterm 2 essay question answer key
▪ Winter 2013 Final Exam without the answer key; Final Exam with answer key, Final Exam essay question answer key
Updated for Winter 2013 (2/11/2013): Chapters 1 & 2, Chapters 3 & 4, Chapters 5 - 8, Chapters 9 - 10, Chapters 12 - 13.
What will be covered on Midterm 1?, What will be covered on Midterm 2?, Sample essay questions for Midterm 2 (the essay question on the exam will be very similar to one of the three in this document)
Sample essay questions for the final exam (the essay question on the exam will be very similar to one of the three in this document)
What will be covered on the Final Exam?
Link to preview slidesbk:pre:
▪ When you click on the link to the preview slides, you will be taken to a file list. Look for the lecture notes for the particular week and lecture, e.g., "preview.lec03-2.pptx" refers to the preview slides for the second lecture during week 3. I'll try to post the preview slides by the night before the lecture (1:00 am). If the file isn't on the list, that means that I haven't made any preview slides (sorry).The reason I'm handling the preview slides this way is that the most time consuming part of posting the preview slides is the updating of this webpage, so I'm distributing the preview slides in a way that minimizes the work that I need to do on this webpage.
Lecture Slidesbk:Lec & Assignments
▪ Slide Formats: ".pptx" files are Powerpoint slides. ".pdf" files are Acrobat pdf files. You don't need both the .pptx and .pdf files; choose the format that you prefer.
▪ Section slides are on a separate page: Slides for All Sections, AA, AB, AC and AD, are posted at a single location.
Week 1bk:wk1: Introduction to cognitive psychology
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapters 1 (Intro to Cognitive Psych) & 2 (Cognitive Neuroscience)
▪ Comment on Goldstein's explanation of fMRI
Assignment
1; Link to the Michael
Bach's discussion of the Hermann Grid Illusion (part of
Assignment 1);
Catalyst questionnaire for Assignment 1
Lecture Files: Monday ppt, pdf; Tuesday ppt, pdf; Wednesday ppt, pdf; Thursday ppt, pdf
The first quiz given during winter quarter 2013 is available above (see the answer key section). I suggest that you look at the quiz without the answer key before looking at the version that has an answer key.
Neuroscience Links:
▪ Neuroscience for Kids: Excellent website (created by Eric Chudler) for an introduction to many topics in neuroanatomy and neuroscience. Not just for kids!
▪ Diagram of a synapse with enlargement showing the structure of the synaptic cleft. Website created by Phyllis Porter.
▪ Diagram showing neurochemical information transmission in a small neural net. Diagram created by P. & B. Bauer.
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapter 3 (Perception)
Assignment 2; Catalyst questionnaire for Assignment 2
Lecture Files: Monday, ppt, pdf; Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf;
Links
▪ Motion aftereffect (waterfall illusion): http://www.georgemather.com/MotionDemos/MAEQT.html
▪ Motion aftereffect (expanding or contracting Buddha): http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot-adapt/index.html
Set the display to "Full Screen". Choose whether you want the Buddha to expand
or contract. Then click
"start."
▪ Perceptual illusions 1pi0001: http://www.illusionworks.com/optical-illusion.html
▪
Ames
Room: http://www.yorku.ca/eye/Ames%20room.htm
▪
Errol
& Ricky in an Ames room: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ic7QGjGEX8
▪ This TV ad on YouTube uses the Ames Room method to fool the eye of the audience.
Sorry - YouTube seems to have cancelled this video.
▪
Demo
of common fate principle (use Firefox):
http://tepserver.ucsd.edu/~jlevin/gp/time-example-common-fate/
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapter 4 (Attention)
Assignment 3; Catalyst questionnaire for Assignment 3
Lecture Files: Monday, ppt, pdf; Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf
What will be covered on Midterm 1?
Links to Attention-Related Sites:
▪ Dan Simon's Lab (includes videos), Chabris & Simon, The Invisible Gorilla (a book about intuition & attention - the website includes videos)
▪ Apollo Robbins is an entertainer who specializes in demonstrating how pickpockets and con men fool people. Robbins argues that picking pockets is all about the control of someone else's attention. He demonstrates basic techniques for getting people not to notice the critical information.
New Yorker article about Apollo Robbins, a professional entertainer/pickpocket (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/01/07/130107fa_fact_green).
Brief article and good video about Apollo Robbins (http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/01/video-the-art-of-pickpocketing.html). This video explains the principles of pickpocketing (based on the control of someone's attention).
TV show on which Apollo Robbins demonstrates his skills (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTa7rC1oUnk). This show does not explain how Robbins pulls off his tricks.
This video contains some clever demonstrations of slight of hand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pIU1uZlH-o). The most interesting part starts around 2:30 minutes. The video quality isn't great.
▪ The following trick depends on attention. Follow this link, then follow the instructions at the link. You can repeat the trick until you figure out why it works. Here is an explanation of why the trick works.
Week 4bk:wk4: Short-Term and Working Memory
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapter 5 (Short-Term and Working Memory)
Assignment 4, A sample essay question for the Week 5 quiz are shown on Assignment 4.pdf (click on the preceding link). Catalyst questionnaire for Assignment 4
Lecture Files: Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf
Links to Memory-Related Websites. Most of these websites have to do with improving long-term memory but I'm including the links here because students have expressed an interest in them.
▪ Powerpoint slides that describe Bjorks Seven Study Techniques (this link was previously broken, but it was fixed on 2/5/2013): These slides describe ways to improve the effectiveness of your memory, especially when studying academic subjects. These study techniques are based on findings from cognition experiments.
▪ A good list of memory tips from About.Com.
▪ HelpGuide.org's website on Improving Memory
Week
5: Finish Working Memory Topic. Start Long-Term Memory: Structure
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapter 6 (Long-Term Memory: Structure)
Assignment 5; Catalyst questionnaire for Assignment 5
Lecture Files: Monday, ppt, pdf; Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf
Links to audio or webpages relating to working memory:
Link to RadioLabs piece on Choice (role of working memory when making a choice). Go to the link; then listen to or download the podcast titled "Choice."
Link
to NPR interview with HM
and a discussion of his life;
Link to Wikipedia article on HM
and his neuropsychological problems
Link to a Slate Emagazine article on Phineas Gage. This article debunks the claims by many neuroscientists that Phineas Gage became an erratic, indecisive, mulish person after his injury.
▫ FYI: Oddly Slate published an image of Phineas Gage at the head of this article that is a mirror-image of the true image. Look at the other images in the article.
Week 6bk:wk6: Long-Term Memory: Encoding & Retrieval; Everyday Memory & Memory Errors
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapter 7 (Long-Term Memory: Encoding & Retrieval) and 8 (Everyday Memory & Memory Errors)
Assignment 6, Catalyst Questionnaire for Assignment 6
Lecture Files: Monday, ppt, pdf; Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf
Links:
▪ Brief NPR report by Joshua Foer on the 2005 U.S. Memory Championship
▪ "Total Recall" - Joshua Foer's February 15, 2011 article in the New York Times magazine on the topic of mnemonics and the U.S. Memory Championships
▪ New York Times article on the 2014 Extreme Memory Tournament (XMT) in San Diego.
Movies in which human memory is a central issue:
▪ Memento: I thought this movie was an interesting attempt to show what it would be like to have impaired transfer from short-term to long-term memory, like HM, but in the end, I was disappointed. Would someone who cannot form new episodic memories be capable of maintaining a long-term action plan? I doubt it. Many people love this movie. Watch it and see what you think. See reviews in Wikipedia, IMDB, and Rotten Tomatoes.
▪ Total Recall: One of my favorite Schwarzenegger movies. Some of my friends believe that by the end of the movie, you know exactly how to distinguish what is real from what is not, but I don't agree. I think that by the end of the movie, it is completely unclear what is real and what is not. What do you think? Of course, the "schizoid embolism" in the movie is pure fantasy. See reviews in Wikipedia, IMDB, and Rotten Tomatoes.
▪ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Excellent movie. See reviews in Wikipedia, IMDB, and Rotten Tomatoes. The beginning of the movie may seem boring because it seems very ordinary, but keep watching at least until Elijah Woods makes his appearance. After that the movie will either take off for you, or it won't.
Week 7bk:wk7: Finish Everyday Memory; Ch 9 Knowledge
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapters 8 (Everyday Memory & Memory Errors) & 9 (Knowledge)
Assignment 7, Catalyst Questionnaire for Assignment 7
◦ Sample essay questions for Midterm 2 are contained in Assignment 7.
Lecture Files: Monday, ppt, pdf; Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf
◦ Before Thursday (5/15/2014), the days of the week were mislabeled, i.e., Monday was labeled "Tuesday", Tuesday was labeled "Wednesday", etc. The labeling is now correct.
What Will be Covered on Midterm 2? - Follow the link to a document with the answer.
Week 8bk:wk8: Finish Concepts, Categorization; Ch 10 Visual Imagery
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapter 9 (Knowledge) & Chapter 10 (Visual Imagery). We will skip Chapter 11 (Language)
Assignment 8, Catalyst Questionnaire for Assignment 8
▪ You are not required to read all of chapters 9 and 10. The specific pages that you can leave out are listed in Assignment 8. Download the assignment file and look at it.
Lecture Files: Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf;
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapter 12 (Problem Solving)
Assignment 9, Catalyst Questionnaire for Assignment 9
Lecture Files: Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf;
Week 10bk:wk10: Reasoning and Decision Making
Read Goldstein (2010), Chapter 13 (Reasoning & Decision Making)
Assignment 10, No Catalyst questionnaire for Assignment 10. The sample essay questions for the final exam are in the document for Assignment 10.
Lecture Files: Monday, ppt, pdf; Tuesday, ppt, pdf; Wednesday, ppt, pdf; Thursday, ppt, pdf
Final exam: Wednesday June 11, 2:30 - 4:20, Miller 301
Follow THIS LINK to Study Suggestions for the Final Exam.
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