Cognitive Psychology Schedule

Sept 8

9

11

Intro/Methods

Sensation/Perception 

Chapter 1

Chapter 3

Simons & Levin (1998) 

First Class (not Cog Lab)

Change Blindness 

 14

16

18

Attention 

Chapter 4

Kozlowski & Cutting (1977)

Spelke, et al. (1976) 

Visual Search 

21

23

25

Short Term Memory 

STM / Working Memory

Chapter 5

Strayer & Johnston (2001)

Partial Report 

28

30

Oct   2

Long Term Memory I

Baddeley, et al. (1975)

Craik & Lockhart (1972) 

Sternberg; Brown-Peterson

Encoding Specificity 

5

7

9

Exam #1

LTM II

Ch 6: pp 180-203

 12

14

16

Fall Break

Lotus & Palmer (1974)

McCloskey, et al. (1988) 

Schemata (not cog lab)

False Memory

 19

21

23

Semantic Memory

Chapter 7

Prototypes 

 26

28

30

Imagery

Language

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Shepard & Metzler (1971)

Mental Rotation

First Paper Due

Nov   2

4

6

Exam #2

Saffran, et al. (1998)

Categorical Perception: ID

 9

11

13

Problem Solving

Chapter 11

Metcalfe & Wiebe (1987) 

Wason Selction Task

16

18

20

Decision Making

Chapter 13

Harinck, et al. (2007)

Do, et al. (2008)

Louis, et al. (2000) 

Risky Decisions

Thanksgiving Break

Peer Review Due 

30

Dec   2

4

IQ/Gender

Gender

Chapter 15

 7

9

11

Aging

Culture

Expertise

Chapter 16

Sandstrom; Crowley

Rahhal, et al. (2001)

Hoffman, et al. (1986) 

 14

Final Exam 

Reingold, et al. (2001)