| 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) |
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| 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.) |
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| 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 |
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15 Ch. 5 |
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| 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. | ||||