Psychology

BLACKBOARD: For Students Enrolled in Psyc 330

Course Description

This course will present an introduction to several theoretical and research areas of Cognitive Psychology. We will examine how people acquire, remember, and use knowledge. Topics include memory, attention, perception, mental imagery, reading comprehension, problem solving, cognitive skills, decision making, social cognition, the the role of cognition in contexts such as athletic performance, law, mass media, medicine, art, theater, education, and politics.

Besides the textbook (Matlin, 2003), a set of readings (research articles) will be assigned during the semester. All of the required readings are available from electronic journals (some can be accessed from this webpage- see below; alternatvely, all of the readings can be accessed from Blackboard). Please see the syllabus for the complete list of reading assignments and dates.

Web Resources for Cognitive Psychology

I have listed several web links for each of the major cognitive psychology topics we will cover this semester. The purpose of this webpage is to supplement the course through the provision of www links that students can explore, investigate, and analyze. These links vary greatly in the type of information presented. Some sites provide information of direct relevance to specific cognitive concepts and research that we will cover in class; other sites represent applications of cognitive psychology to other academic areas and "real world" uses (e.g., advertising, sports, medicine, art, literature, and education).

• "The Revolution": Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Science
  General Resources
  • Cognitve Sciece (Topics and Tutorials)
  • Cognitive Psychology List of Topics
  • "Top 100" Cognitive Psychology Research Studies/Papers
  • Center for Cognitive Science at University of Minnesota (Your professor's graduate program)
  • Examples of Research Projects in Cognitive Science (Georgia Tech)
  • Cognitive Science topics from Yahoo search engine
  • Cognitive Psychology Index (Topics, Organizations, Programs)
  • Cognitive Psychology Links (Includes a list of graduate programs)
  • Cognitive Science Topics (PsychWeb)
  • Cognitive Science Society (Various resources including a "Virtual Colloquium Series)
  • Cognitive Psychology Dictionary
  • Theories, Concepts, and Domains of Learning and Cognition
  • Cognitive and Psychological Sciences (A Mega-list of topics and resources!)
  • Cognitive Psychology Tutor (Tutorials on skill acquisition, problem solving, working memory, spatial information processing, and language)

    Cognitive Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence

  • Whole Brain Atlas
  • Neuroimaging Techniques, Examples, Research, and Resources (Click "Imaging" on the Menu)
  • Brain Images
  • Neural Networks
  • Artificial Neural Networks (Tutorials)
  • Artificial Intelligence links
  • Noetica: A Cognitive Science Forum

    Cognitive Psychology and the Arts/Humanities

  • Cognitve Science, Humanities, and the Arts
  • Cognitive Cultural Studies (CogWeb)
  • Cognitive Science and the Arts
  • Literature, Cognition, and the Brain

• Perception
  • Perceptual Illusions
  • Perception Demonstrations (Exploratorium Online Exhibits)
  • Perception Experiments
  • Situated Cognition (syllabus and links)
  • Cognitive Science and the Arts (Perceiving and Intepreting Art)
  • Use of visual information in art
  • Music Cognition (course home page and links)
  • Visual Cognition Lab (U. Illinois) Examples of Change Blindness Experiments

• Attention
  • Sport Psychology
  • Visual Cognition (Examples, Reports, People)
  • Visual Cognition Resources(Research, Examples, Resources, and Cool Links)
  • Attention and Stress Management

• Memory
  • Memory Links (a large set of links to various memory topics, research, and applications)
  • A Memory Artist (Art and Memory-- very interesting!!)
  • Memory Techniques and Mnemonics
  • Memory Metaphors
  • Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
  • False Memory Controversy
  • Neuroscience Reseach on Working Memory
  • Memory Themes in Film and Literature
  • The Cognitive Interview and Eyewitness Memory

• Mental Imagery
  • Imagery, Cognition, and Consciousness (with links to art and cognition)
  • Philosophical and Psychological Concepts (Definitions, Topics, Resources)
  • Mental Imagery and Stress Reduction

• Knowledge, Comprehension, Experience, and Memory
  • Information and Knowledge Skills
  • Knowledge Organization and Management
  • Narrative Psychology
  • I Witness to History (Personal and Narrative Memories)
  • Oral History Projects (Collective and Cultural Memory)
  • Maya Lin (Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and Collective Memory)
  • Vietnam: Stories Since the War (Autobiographical Memory)
  • Narrative Memory and Aging (Journal of Aging Studies)

• Problem Solving
  • Problem Solving Techniques
  • Goal Setting
  • Planning Complex Tasks
  • Creativity

• Cognitive Skills
  • Meta-Cognition
  • The Bell Curve Debate (Interview with Robert Sternberg)
  • The Bell Curve Debate (Review by Howard Gardner)
  • Multiple Intelligences and Education (an interview with Howard Gardner)
  • An "IQ" Test
  • Applications of Cognitive Psychology in Education and Technololgy
  • Examples of Bad Designs (Human Factors and Cognitive Engineering)
  • Human-Computer Interface

• Decision Making
  • Decision Making and Decision Analysis
  • Society for Judgement and Decision Making Research (list of links)

• Cognition, Psycholinguistics, Perception, and Memory Experiments
• Stroop Effect
• PsychExps (University of Mississippi)
• Experimental Psychology Lab (University of Zurich)
• Decision Making

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