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- Special Topics
We will examine the methods and current research in cognitive psychology. We will focus on investigative methods, human memory, adult lifespan changes in cognition, and complex cognition (e.g., decision making, intelligence).
Syllabus
ANNOUNCEMENTS
As announced in class, the class on May 9 is cancelled.
- LECTURE OVERHEADS
- In order to examine the overheads or to print them out, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader. You can get it for free at www.adobe.com
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- Methods
- Measurement Basics
- Memory Tests
- Positron Emision Tomography
- Models of Memory
- Memory: Three Stages
- Associationism and Interference
- Atkinson Shiffrin
- Levels of Processing
- Working Memory
- Transfer Appropriate Processing
RESOURCES
- Elements of Style (Strunk & White) This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style. It focuses on a few essentials, the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
Merriam-Webster Online English Dictionary This online dictionary allows you to look up a definition (in English) of almost any English word.
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