Psy 260: Survey in Cognition and Perception - Psychology ...

Course Syllabus Updated 9/3/07 (p. 3 of 3)Psych 260 Fall, 2007Lecture ScheduleYou are expected to attend all lectures. Lectures will help you interpret the text and will alsocover important material not covered in the text. You are expected to read the relevant pages fromthe text before each lecture (except for the first lecture).Please check your schedule now to make sure you have no conflicts with scheduled exams.Reed text: CogLab data and interpretation due:(For each topic, do ONE experiment.)Sep 04 Introduction Ch. 106 Perception and pattern recognition I Ch. 211 Perception and pattern recognition II Perception study due18 Face recognition20 Attention I Ch. 3 Attention study due25 Attention II27 Short-term working memory I Ch. 4 Sensory memory study dueOct 02 Short-term working memory II04 Long-term memory Ch. 5 Short-term memory study due09 Unconscious processing11 Memory codes Ch. 6 Memory processes study due16 Visual and mental images Ch. 718 Mnemonics23 MIDTERM 125 Categories & concepts Ch. 830 Categories & concepts (cont.) Concepts study dueNov 01 Semantic organization Ch. 906 Language I: Child language learning08 Language II: Sounds to meanings Ch. 10 Speech & language study due13 Language III: Text and discourse Ch. 1115 Cognitive neuroscience techniques Neurocognition study due20 Problem solving Ch. 1222 (Thanksgiving holiday)27 Reasoning, expertise, & creativity Ch. 1329 MIDTERM 2Dec 04 Cognition and brain injury06 Decision making I Ch. 14 Judgment study due11 Decision making II13 Applications of cognitive psychology; the human use of technologyFINAL EXAM: Tues., Dec 18, Period 4: 5:00—7:30 p.m. (Note: Different from lecture time!)Note about Blackboard postings. You can find the most up-to-date class syllabus, lecture notes,and other information on-line at: http://blackboard.sunysb.edu . If you have used Stony Brook'sBlackboard system previously, your login information has not changed. Your initial password isyour SOLAR ID# and your username is the same as your Stony Brook (sparky) username, which isgenerally your first initial and the first 7 letters of your last name. See a TA if you need help.