Psychology 105:  Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

Summer Session II, 2005


 
Instructor:  Bob Slevc (email: slevc@psy.ucsd.edu
    Office Hours: Mon 1-3 at the Grove Caffe
(or in Mandler 1503 in case of bad weather) 



T.A.:  Lindsay Oberman (email: loberman@ucsd.edu
    Office Hours: Fri 12-1 at Espresso Roma (or by appointment) 
 
Class web site:  http://psy.ucsd.edu/~slevc/psy105/
 
Syllabus:  Available in .pdf format (viewable with the free Adobe reader)
     
Textbook:  Solso, MacLin, & MacLin (2005). Cognitive Psychology (7th edition). 
  There is also a textbook website that, while not required, may be helpful.
 
Extra Credit:  You may earn up to four points of extra credit by participating in experiments; sign up at http://www.experimetrix.com/ucsd/
 
Course Schedule *
Click on the topic for a .pdf version of the relevant lecture slides.
(note that these may not contain all material presented in lecture.)
         
WEEK DAY DATE TOPIC READING
1 Mon 8/1 Intro, History, & Methods Ch. 1
Wed 8/3 Perception & Attention Ch. 3
Fri 8/5 Pattern Recognition Ch. 4
         
2 Mon 8/8 Mental Imagery Ch. 10
Wed 8/10 Memory 1 Ch. 6
Fri 8/12 Memory 2 Ch. 7
         
3 Mon 8/15 MIDTERM
Wed 8/17 Knowledge Representation Ch. 9
Fri 8/19 Language Ch. 11
         
4 Mon 8/22 Cognitive Development Ch. 13
Wed 8/24 Judgement & Decision Making Ch. 14
Fri 8/26 Problem Solving / Creativity
and Consciousness
Ch. 15
Ch. 5
          
5 Mon 8/29 Cognitive Disorders Neglect
Visual Agnosia
Prosopagnosia
Dementia
Wed 8/31 Catch-up, wrap-up, & review
Fri 9/2 FINAL EXAM
         
* This schedule is tentative and subject to change -- check back often for updated information.