Through the course of the semester, we are going to examine the entire information processing stream, from the point at which you begin to perceive the presence of information until you make decisions about how to act on that information. As such, we are going to take a bottom-up approach to understanding the human cognitive system.
This calendar is tentative. I reserve the right to modify it at any time.
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Topic |
Reading |
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Feb. 7 |
Introduction: The Information Processing Hypothesis |
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Feb. 9 |
Philosophical history of cognitive science |
Sternberg: Chapter 1 |
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Feb. 12-16 |
Neurons and Cognitive Neuroscience |
Sternberg:
Chapter 2 |
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Feb. 19-23 |
Sensation & Perception |
Sternberg: Chapter 4 Homework 1 due Feb. 23 |
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Feb. 26-Mar. 2 |
Attention |
Sternberg: Chapter 3 |
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Mar. 5-7 |
Working Memory |
Sternberg: Chapters 5 & 6 |
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Mar. 9 |
First Midterm Exam!! |
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Mar. 12-16 |
Spring Break |
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Mar. 19-23 |
Semantic Memory Representation |
Sternberg: Chapter 7 Homework 2 due Mar. 23 |
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Mar. 26-30 |
Semantic Memory Structure |
Sternberg: Chapter 8 |
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Apr. 2-4 |
Language I |
Sternberg: Chapter 9 |
Apr. 6-9 |
Easter Break |
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Apr. 11-13 |
Language II |
Sternberg: Chapter 10 |
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Apr. 16 |
Second Midterm Exam!! |
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Apr. 18-27 |
Problem Solving |
Sternberg: Chapter 11 Homework 3 due April 23 |
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Apr. 14 & 17 |
No class - Easter break |
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Apr. 30-May 4 |
Reasoning and Decision making |
Sternberg: Chapter 12 |
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May 7-16 |
Cognitive Modeling And Artificial Intelligence |
Sternberg: Chapter 14, pp.511-521 Homework 4 due May 16 |
May 21 |
Final Exam!! |
8:00 – 10:00am |