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Cognitive Psychology University
of Connecticut Psychology Instructor: Whitney Tabor |
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Syllabus |
Last update: April 25, 2004
(For the Ashcraft readings, the chapter
numbers immediately after the name, “Ashcraft”, correspond
to the 1998 edition of the text. The numbers in square brackets
correspond to the
2002 edition of the text)
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Text: Ashcraft, Mark H. (2002) Fundamentals of Cognition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
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Introduction History of
Cognitive Psychology |
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Ashcraft,
Chapter 1 [1-2] |
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Perception
and Pattern Recognition |
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Reading: |
Ashcraft,
Chapter 2 [3] Pinker, S.
(1997) How the Mind Works, pp. 261-298 Electronic Course
Reserve (called “How the Mind Works”) Haberlandt, K.
(1994/1997) Cognitive Psychology. Section on “Point Light Experiments”. Electronic
Course Reserve (called “Cognitive Psychology pp. 113-115”) |
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Peter Kaiser on Visual Perception |
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Attention |
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Ashcraft,
Chapter 3 [4] |
February 23, 2003 Midterm 1
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Memory:
Short Term and Episodic Long Term |
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Ashcraft,
Chapters 4, 5 [5, 6] Loftus
(1997) Electronic Course Reserve
(called “Creating False Memories”) |
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Memory:
Semantic Long-Term Memory |
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Ashcraft,
Chapter 6, 7 [7, 8] |
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Language: framework |
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Ashcraft,
Chapter 8 [9] |
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March 26, 2004 Midterm 2
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Language: framework and processing
phenomena |
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Reading: |
Ashcraft,
Chapter 9 [10] Pinker, S.
(1994), The Language Instinct, Chapter 4 Electronic Course Reserve (called “How
Language Works) |
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The
Brain |
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Ashcraft,
Chapter 10 [2, pp. 55-69].
Also: use the index to
look up specific cases of relevance, since these are spread around in the
textbook. |
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Self-organization
and Dynamical Systems |
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---Center for the Ecological Study
of Perception and Action ---John Conway’s Game of Life
(implemented by Alan Hensel) ---Kessler, M.A. and Werner, B.T. (2003) Self-Organization of Patterned Ground. (Search in Science for M A Kessler). |
Final Exam: Arjona
215 (Section 1: May 6, 1-3pm;
Section 2: May 4, 1-3pm)
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