360w04 Thursday evening 19:00-22:00 classroom B2170 Instructor: Bruce Landon, Ph.D. Office: B3113 Phone: 604-777-6161 Office hours: thursday 18:00 + email: Bruce_Landon@douglas.bc.ca Homepage: Bruce-Landon.Douglas.bc.ca Text: Sternberg, R. (2003) Cognitive Psychology, 3rd Edition & CogLab Manual Reading: An Integrated Theory of the Mind from http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/?subtopic=39 Optional: Wegner, D. (2002) The Illusion of Conscious Will Optional: Gilovich, T., Griffen, D., & Kahneman, D. (2002) Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgement 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 classic study stories (Ebbinghous, Tichner, Sheppard) 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 prepare research study proposal prerequsite skills: web browser skills searching in page saving pages saving links word processing skills spell checking grammar checking autosummarize checking for adequate redundancy psychinfo search skills apa fromatted article reading skills library skills paragraph skills apa format skills critical thinking skills (does it make sense?) detecting simple mathematical error detecting inconsistancy detecting illogical sequence detecting statistical inference error describing line of reasoning/inference making notes from powerpoint presentation making notes from inclass 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 Date Readings, CogLab, and Term Project assignments 01-08 c00 orientation to course c01 history and methods review demonstration CogLab: Stroop Effect in A2110 01-15 c13 cognitive development amd social cognition CogLab: False Memory (Computer Lab A2110 booked 8-10 just in case) 01-22 c09 language acquisition c10 language context coglab: Lexical Decision 01-29 c14 intelligence (AI and bots) CogLab: Memory Span ProtoThinker: folk psychology tour Submit Project Document with Title Page completed 02-05 c11 problem solving and creativity and expertise CogLab: Monty Hall 02-12 c12 decision making and reasoning CogLab: Risky Decisions Protothinker: Logic games Submit Project document with References section 02-19 Midterm Examination (open book and open notes) Multiple choice Section plus personalized essay section (personalized essays are selected from submitted essay Q&A) 02-26 c02 brain structure and brain measurement methods CogLab: Brain Asymmetry Submit Project document with introduction outline 03-04 c03 attention CogLab: Attention Blink 03-11 c04 perception CogLab: Signal Detection submit Project document with Method section outline 03-18 c05 memory models (learning) c06 memory processes CogLab: Remember/Know 03-25 c07 knowledge representation (1) CogLab: Mental Rotation 04-01 c08 knowledge representation (2) (ACT-R) CogLab: Prototype Submit Project document final version 04-08 no class 04-15 Estimated Date of Comprehensive Final Examination Multiple choice Section plus personalized essay section (personalized essays are selected from submitted essay Q&A) 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. Limited list of potentially Approved Project topics (for more information please see http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publications/) 10. Perception & Attention 11. Psychophysical Judgements 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 appopriate changes and build the project inside the document where all of the margins and headings are appropriate APA style. Term Project Deliverables inside the basic APA style model document: Submitted by sending 5 email 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 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 quizes 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 6% Online Contributions to class weblog of annotated links after each class and prior to the next class (minus 20% for each day late) 13% Quizes on Assigned Readings 12% Computer based assignments (CogLabs & Protothinker) 19% Term Project Paper (minus 20% for each day late) 10% Open Book and open notes Midterm Examination 30% Closed Book Comprehensive Final Exam both inclass and personal Q&A parts (submitted weekly Q&A parts will account for 5% and 5% for inclass essays) general weekly structure (10 tasks) Check course site and course calendar for upcoming events Review of materials in preparation for inclass final exam (20%) Q&A for individual inclass final exam (5%) Possible Questions for individualized essay exam submit Complete essay Questions and Answers (5%) CogLab Assignment Online report (1% each for a total of 12%) Review Cognitive Psychlogy Weblog article of the week (featured in class discussion) Resource link of the week contribute links and comments (0.5% per week for total of 6%) Study Reading Assignments recommended Online vocabulary quiz recommended Online researcher quiz recommended Online Quiz of Reading Comprehension Preview class presentation online Inclass Quiz (1% per chapter for a total of 13%) Current items Review items Inclass presentation/video/discussion participation and notes After class discussion assignment (1% per for a total of 10%) Work on Term Project (Final version 15%) Online Project Progress Reports (4%) (send email attachment of Project document to specified address) Optional weekly activities (5 tasks) Remediate skill deficits Checkout unassigned coglabs Collaborate with other students Ask questions in online discussion forum Answer questions in online discussion forum Update personal concept map for cognitive pyschology