360s04 Thursday evening 19:00-22:00 classroom 6111
Instructor: Bruce Landon, Ph.D. Office: 3419 and DLC B3113
Phone: 604-777-6161
Office hours: Thursday 18:00 +
email: Bruce_Landon@douglas.bc.ca
Homepage: Bruce-Landon.Douglas.bc.ca
Required Reading:
Sternberg, R. (2003) Cognitive Psychology, 3rd Edition &
CogLab Manual
Anderson, J.R., Bothell, D., Byrne, M. D., & Libiere, C. (2002). An
Integrated Theory of the Mind from http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/?subtopic=39
Kahneman, D. (2002). A Perspective on Judgment and
Choice: Mapping Bounded Rationality. American Psychologist. 58 (9)
pp. 697-720.
Optional Reading: Wegner, D. (2002) The Illusion
of Conscious Will, MIT Press, Boston.
Course Description: PSYC 360 Cognitive Psychology (3 credits) This course
provides an introduction to the psychology of cognition and is concerned with
the methods and theories relevant to thinking and related processes. Concept
formation, problem solving, reasoning, decision making and the relation of
language to thought will be covered. The influence of individual differences,
social factors, artificial intelligence and biology will be included as well as
the practical applications of research in cognition.
Course objective knowledge and skills cognitive psychology vocabulary identify key concepts and terms identify key concepts in concept hierarchy cognitive psychology methods vocabulary identify common research methods and designs cognitive psychology current theories identification of key concepts of major theories cognitive psychology important researchers researcher identification with concepts/studies cognitive psychology historical stories Nobel prize winner stories Herbert Simon Daniel Khanneman Important Canadian Researcher stories John Anderson Endel Tulving cognitive psychology research involvement participate in coglabs as a participant as a research designer prepare research study proposal as a research teacher prepare sharable research summariesprerequisite skills: web browser skills searching in page saving pages saving links word processing skills spell checking grammar checking autosummarize checking for adequate redundancy PsychInfo and PsychArticles search skills APA formatted article reading skills library skills paragraph skills APA format skills critical thinking skills (does it make sense?) detecting simple mathematical error detecting inconsistency detecting illogical sequence detecting statistical inference error describing line of reasoning/inference making notes from PowerPoint presentation making notes from in class videos computer related skills developed in the course logon skills computer lab machine course management system grade calculation skills draft editing skills paraphrasing skills referencing and citation skills email with attachment skills check online marks skill check calendar skills online multiple choice quiz skills making notes from online information
Cognitive
psychology temporal course outline with email submission subject lines in bold
Date Readings, CogLab, and Term Project assignments
05-06 c00 orientation to course and WebCT c01 history and methods review and c02 brain research methods review demonstration CogLab 01: Stroop Effect 05-13 Q&A13 c13 cognitive development and social cognition (introduction to ProtoThinker) CogLab 02: False Memory 05-20 Q&A910 c09 language acquisition and c10 language context CogLab 03: Lexical Decision and ProtoThinker 03: demonstration of parsing Research teachers submit ordered list of 5 potential articles to summarize 05-27 Q&A14 c14 intelligence (AI and bots) CogLab 04: Memory Span and ProtoThinker 04: folk psychology tour review Researcher designers submit Project Document with Title Page completed 06-03 Q&A11 c11 problem solving, creativity and expertise (ACT-R) CogLab 05: Monty Hall 06-10 Q&A12 c12 decision making and reasoning (ACT-R) CogLab 06: Risky Decisions and Protothinker 06: Logic games exploration Research designers submit Project document with References section Research teacher & reviewer pairs submit sharable research summary1 06-17 Midterm Examination (open book and open notes) Multiple choice Section plus personalized essay section (Personalized essays are selected from submitted weekly Q&A assignments) 06-24 Q&A34 c03 attention and c04 perception CogLab 07: Attention Blink and CogLab 08: Signal Detection Researcher designers submit Project document with introduction outline Research teacher & reviewer pairs assigned second summary source article 07-01 College Closed Canada Day
07-08 Q&A56 c05 memory models and c06 memory processes CogLab 09: Remember/Know Researcher designers submit Project document with Method section outline 07-15 Q&A7 c07 knowledge representation (1) (ACT-R) CogLab 10: Mental Rotation Research teacher/reviewer pairs of submit their second sharable research summary2 07-22 Q&A8 c08 knowledge representation (2) (ACT-R) CogLab 11: Prototype Researcher designers submit Project final version 07-29 Review for Final Exam and Assigned Presentations of selected Research Summaries 08-05 Estimated Date of Comprehensive Final Examination Multiple choice Section plus personalized essay section (Personalized essays are selected from submitted weekly Q&A assignments)
Research Designer Term Project Paper - The term project paper will
develop one of the approved topics in Cognition from the list below that have
been studied in relation to the ACT-R theory. The form of the term paper is a
research proposal that provides a review of the relevant current literature
(10+ sources since January
1, 1994 cited in the
introduction). This is similar in form to the introduction and method sections
of an experimental research paper with an emphasis on clarity of thought and
logical development of ideas. The method section is to include the design of an
experiment or series of experiments that are proposed to clarify theoretical
issues developed in the introductory section. Papers that are plagiarized
or do not integrate ACT-R theory of the mind will not be marked for credit and
will be awarded a zero mark.
Limited list of potentially Approved Project topics
(for more information please see http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/ )
10. Perception & Attention 11. Psychophysical Judgments 12. Visual Search 13. Eye Movements 14. Psychological Refractory Period 15. Task Switching 16. Stroop 17. Driving Behavior 18. Situational Awareness 19. Graphical User Interfaces 20. Learning & Memory 21. List Memory 22. Fan Effect 23. Implicit Learning 24. Skill Acquisition 25. Cognitive Arithmetic 26. Category Learning 27. Learning by Exploration and Demonstration 28. Updating Memory &Prospective Memory 29. Causal Learning 30. Problem Solving & Decision Making 31. Tower of Hanoi
32. Choice & Strategy Selection 33. Mathematical Problem Solving 34. Spatial Reasoning 35. Dynamic Systems 36. Use and Design of Artifacts 37. Game Playing 38. Insight and Scientific Discovery 40. Language Processing 41. Parsing 42. Analogy & Metaphor 43. Learning 44. Sentence Memory 50. Other areas 51. Cognitive Development 52. Individual Differences 53. Emotion as a dual-task 54. Cognitive Workload 55. Computer Generated Forces 56. fMRI 57. Communication 58. Negotiation 59. Group Decision Making
Essentially, this is a small version of a research proposal that would be
submitted as part of a grant proposal or advanced degree requirement (title
page, abstract, introduction, method, and references sections only omitting the
results and discussion sections in this term project paper). In order to
minimize the APA style problems all projects will use the formatted Term
Project Document and just make appropriate changes and build the project inside
the document where all of the margins and headings are appropriate APA style.
Researcher Term Project Deliverables inside the basic APA style model document:
Submitted by sending 5 emails with the attachment and specific subject line
Title Page
References Section
Outline of the introduction including hypothesis statement
Outline of the Method Section including subsections
Final proofread version
Alternate Research Teacher Term Project is to collaboratively author and review/edit 2 sharable research summaries of articles related to cognitive psychology that have been published in 2003 or 2004 and are available in the PsycArticles Database. The summaries are to be highly structured learning objects with language targeted at new students of psychology in Grade 12. The support site for the alternate project is at url: http://psyc100.edutools.ca/srs/)
Research Teacher Term Project Deliverables:
Ordered list of 5 nominated articles with copies of abstracts available in PsycArticles published in 2003 or 2004 only
Two collaboratively authored sharable research summaries structured as learning objects with spoken presentations suitable for students with impaired vision (The spoken part may also include a live class presentation of the prepared summary)
Evidence of collaborating in the role of an author and the role of and the role of a reviewer/editor in producing the sharable research summaries structured as learning objects
No more than one assigned presentation to the class of a sharable research summary (a reading style slide show presentation of the learning object with a short class discussion )
Grading System Policy
Plagiarism Policy - Academic Dishonesty will result in Zero credit for
assignment, quiz, or exam. Plagiarism can be avoided by not using other's work
as one's own. Be careful in citing all of your sources and people
appropriately.
Make-up Policy - Missed quizzes are made up on the final exam and assignments
must be made up within 3 days (by Sunday night) for credit.
10% Online Contributions to discussions
19% Quizzes and Q&A emails on Assigned Readings
13% Computer based assignments (CogLabs & Protothinker)
19% Term Project (minus 20% for each day of missed deadline)
09% Open Book and open notes Midterm Examination
30% Closed Book Comprehensive Final Exam both in-class and personal Q&A
parts (5%)
General weekly structure (10 tasks)
Check course site and course calendar for upcoming events Review of materials in preparation for in-class final exam (25%) Q&A for personalized in-class final exam (5%) Possible Questions for personalized essay exam email Complete essay Questions and Answers (5%) CogLab and ProtoThinker Assignments Online report (1% each for a total of 13%) Study Reading Assignments recommended Online vocabulary quiz recommended Online researcher quiz recommended Online SelfTest of Reading Comprehension Preview class presentation online In-class Quiz (for a total of 19%) In-class presentation/video/discussion participation and notes After class discussion assignment (1% per for a total of 10%) Work on Term Project (Final version 15% for paper or 7.5 for each of two summaries) Online Project Progress Reports (4%) (send email attachment of Project document to specified subject lines)
Optional weekly activities (5 tasks)
Remediate skill deficits
Checkout unassigned coglabs
Collaborate with other students
Ask questions in online discussion forums
Answer questions in online discussion forums
Update personal concept map for cognitive psychology