COGS 101B:
Learning, Memory, & Attention
Winter 2007: M/W/F 9:00-9:50am
Solis Hall 104
Professor: Dr.Coulson
phone: (858) 534-7486 (no voicemail)
email: coulson at cogsci dot ucsd dot edu
office: Cognitive Science Building 161
Office
Hours: Thursday 12-2pm, or by
appointment
Teaching
Assistants:
Alan Robinson
Office Hour: Monday 10-11am in
CSB 229
Nate Harrison
Office Hour: Thursdays 9-10am
in Room 242 of the Literature Building (Warren College)
Zachary Weinberg
Office Hours: Tuesdays
10am-12pm in CSB 125
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Important Dates
Last Day to
Add/Drop:Friday January 19, 2007
Midterm: Friday February 2, 2007
Last Day to
Withdraw w/o 'W':Friday Feburary 2,
2007
Final Exam:Wednesday March
21, 2007, 8-11am
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Grading
Problem Sets: 4 x 6% = 24%
Lab Papers: 4 x 6% = 24%
Midterm Exam: 1 x 15% = 15%
Final Exam: 1 x 35% = 35%
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Sections
#1 Monday 11:00 - 11:50 am 217B CENTR
#2 Monday 10:00 - 10:50 am
217A CENTR
#3 Wednesday 11:00 - 11:50 am
220 CENTR
#4 Friday 12:00 - 12:50 pm 207
CENTR
#5 Friday 1:00 - 1:50 pm
220 CENTR
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Required Texts
Goldstein, E. Bruce. (2005).
Cognitive
Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience.
Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Goldstein, E. Bruce, Baker, Randall, and MacKewn, Angie. (2005).
Concept Maps and CogLab Online Manual for
Goldstein's Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and
Everyday Experience. Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
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Week
1 Introduction & Pattern Recognition
Readings
Readings:
Chapter 1&2 Goldstein
Week
2 Perceiving Objects and Recognizing Patterns
Readings:
Chapter 3 Goldstein
Problem
Set 1: Due next Wednesday (1/24) in lecture
Week
3 Visual Imagery and Spatial Knowledge
Week
4 Imagery & Spatial Knowledge
DATE
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LECTURE
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SLIDES
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M 1/29
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Resolving the Imagery Debate
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(see slides from last week)
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W 1/31
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Spatial Knowledge and Navigation
|
(see slides from last week)
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F 2/2
|
Midterm Exam
|
Study
Guide
|
Reading:
Learning.pdf
Problem Set 2:
Due this Monday
1/29 in lecture
Week
5 Learning
Reading:
Learning.pdf
Readings:
Chapter 4 Goldstein
CogLab Assignment 1: Stroop
Effect
- To learn about how to set up
your CogLab account, please read through the information on this PAGE and follow the instructions.
CogLab
Paper 1: 3-5 page
paper
on Stroop Effect due in lecture next Monday (2/12)
- Information on how to write
your lab paper can be found HERE (See
especially the "Guidelines for
Writing Experimental Reports" towards the end of that page.)
Week 6 Attention
Reading:
Chapters 4&5 Goldstein
CogLab
Paper 1: Paper
on Stroop Effect due in lecture this
Monday (2/12)
Problem Set 3:
Due next Wednesday
(2/21)
CogLab
Assignment 2: Spatial Cuing
Lab (paper due next Friday 2/23)
Week
7 Sensory
Memory, Short-Term Memory, and Working Memory
DATE
|
LECTURE
|
SLIDES
|
M 2/19
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No School
|
(no school)
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W 2/21
|
Attention and the Sensory Store
|
Atten3-SS.pdf
|
F 2/23
|
Short-Term and Working Memory
|
stm-wm.pdf
|
Reading:
Chapter 5 Goldstein
Problem
Set 3: Due this
Wednesday
(2/21)
CogLab
Paper 2 Due: 3-5 page paper on Spatial Cuing due this
Friday (2/23)
CogLab Assignment 3:
Phonological Similarity Lab (Papers due next Friday 3/2)
Week
8
DATE
|
LECTURE
|
SLIDES
|
M 2/26
|
Working Memory
|
wm2.pdf
|
W 2/28
|
Working Memory
|
(see Monday's notes)
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F 3/2
|
Levels of Proccessing &
Memory Systems
|
levels.pdf
|
Reading:
Chapter 6 Goldstein
CogLab Paper 3: Lab Paper on
Phonological Similarity due this
Friday (3/2)
CogLab Assignment 4: Encoding
Specificity Lab (Papers due next Friday 3/9)
Problem
Set 4: Due Monday (3/12) of 10th week in lecture
Week
9 Everyday Memory and Memory Errors
DATE
|
LECTURE
|
SLIDES
|
M 3/5
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Memory Systems
|
mon-wk9.pdf
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W 3/7
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Amnesia & Forgetting
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wed-wk9.pdf
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F 3/9
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Eyewitness Memory, False Memory,
Recovered Memory
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(see Chapter 7 Goldstein on
these topics)
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Reading:
Chapter 7 Goldstein
CogLab Paper 4 Due: 3-5 page paper
on
Encoding Specificity due this
Friday (3/9)
Problem
Set 4: Due next Monday
(3/12) in lecture
Week 10 Cognitive
Development
Reading:
Problem
Set 4: Due this
Monday
(3/12) in lecture
Study Guide for Final Exam
Review Session for Final Exam: Sunday March 18 from 11am - 1pm in Solis
104
During Finals Week, Prof. Coulson will hold office hours on Monday
March 19 from 10am-Noon (in CSB 161)
Comprehensive Final Exam: Wednesday March 21, 2007, 8-11am