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SCHEDULE
OF CLASS DISCUSSIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Week
1 Getting Information In
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 Monday
Introduction
Web introduction
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Tuesday
Historical and Philosophical Roots
Readings:
Sternberg, Ch. 1, Introduction to cognitive psychology
Komatsu, Introduction to experimenting with the mind
Selected Readings, Searle
Afternoon: Introduction to MEL lab experiments 1.3 Signal
Detection
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Wednesday
Perception
Readings:
Sternberg, Ch. 4 Perception
Komatsu, Re. 5, Wheeler
Re. 7, Kozlowski & Cutting
MEL lab experiment 1.7 Attentional Interference and the
Stroop Effect Color Word version
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Thursday
Attention
Readings:
Sternberg, Ch. 3, Attention & consciousness
Komatsu, Re. 1, Sperling
Re. 3, Treisman
Re. 4, Spelke, Hirst & Neisser
MEL lab experiment 2.2 Scanning STM
2.7 Free Recall and the Serial Position Effect
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Friday
Memory I: Traditional Models
Readings:
Sternberg, pp. 149-167, Tasks used for measuring memory,
Traditional
models of memory, &
Alternative
Perspectives & Metaphors
Komatsu, Re. 8, Sternberg
Re. 10, Rundus & Atkinson
MEL lab experiment 2.9 Mnemonics
Week
2 Storing Information
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Monday
Memory II: Exceptional
Memory
Readings:
Sternberg, pp. 168-174, Exceptional memory & neuropsychology
Komatsu, Re. 29, McCloskey, Wible & Cohen
Selected Readings, Chase & Simon
Hunter
Cognitive Drawer: Luria
Sacks
Afternoon (1:30p): various
memory experiments
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Tuesday
Memory III: Episodic/Semantic
Readings:
Sternberg, Ch. 6,Memory processes
Komatsu, Re. 30, Loftus & Palmer
Selected Readings, Neisser
Linton
Nickerson & Adams
Kintsch & Bates
MEL lab experiment 1.6 Mental Rotation
2.1 Lexical Decisions
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Wednesday
Representing Knowledge
Readings:
Sternberg, Ch. 7, Knowledge representation: Images &
propositions
Komatsu, Re. 12, Collins & Quillian
Re. 14, Neely
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Thursday
Study Day
Review in the morning
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Friday
Mid-term Exam
Week
3 Using Information
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Monday
Meaning
Readings:
Sternberg, pp. 254 259,
Organizing declarative memory
Komatsu,Re. 16, Rosch & Mervis
Re. 17, Tanaka & Taylor
Selected Readings, Posner & Keele
Langlois
& Roggman
MEL
lab experiment
2.4
Sentence/picture comparison
Afternoon: Group meetings to discuss experiments
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Tuesday
Language
Readings:
Sternberg, Ch 10, Language in context
Komatsu, Re. 22, Haviland & Clark
Afternoon: Group meetings to discuss experiments
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Wednesday
Problem Solving
Readings:
Sternberg, Ch 11, Problem solving & creativity
Komatsu, Re. 26, Perfetto, Bransford & Franks
Re. 27, Metcalfe & Weibe
Re. 35, Chi, Feltovich & Glaser
MEL
lab experiment 3.1 Prisoners Dilemma
Afternoon: Group meetings to discuss experiments
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Thursday
Reasoning and Judgment I: Statistical Reasoning
Readings:
Sternberg, Ch. 12, Decision making & reasoning
Komatsu, Re. 25, Kahneman & Tversky
Selected Readings, Gilovich, Vallone & Tversky
Afternoon: Group meetings to discuss experiments
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Friday
Reasoning and Judgment II: Emotional Reasoning
Readings:
Komatsu, Re. 24, Wason & Shapiro
Re. 31, Ross & Sicoly
Selected Readings, Sigmund, Fehr & Nowak
Afternoon:
Group meetings to discuss experiments
Week
4 Finishing up
Monday
Day-off to prepare papers
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Tuesday
Research
Papers Due
Presentations
in the morning
Review
in the afternoon
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Wednesday
Final Exam
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