COGS 101B:

Learning, Memory, & Attention

Winter 2007: M/W/F 9:00-9:50am  Solis Hall  104


Week 1  *  Week 2  *  Week 3  *  Week 4  *  Week 5  *  Week 6  *  Week 7  *  Week 8  *  Week 9  *  Week 10

Course Web Page:   http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~coulson/101b

Professor:
Dr.Coulson
phone: (858) 534-7486 (no voicemail)
email: coulson at cogsci dot ucsd dot edu
office: Cognitive Science Building 161
Office Hours: Thursday 12-2pm,  or by appointment

Teaching Assistants:

Alan Robinson
Office Hour: Monday 10-11am in CSB 229

Nate Harrison
Office Hour: Thursdays 9-10am in Room 242 of the Literature Building (Warren College)

Zachary Weinberg
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10am-12pm in CSB 125

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Important Dates

Last Day to Add/Drop:Friday January 19, 2007
Midterm: Friday February 2, 2007
Last Day to Withdraw w/o 'W':Friday Feburary 2, 2007
Final Exam:
Wednesday March 21, 2007, 8-11am
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Grading

Problem Sets: 4 x 6% = 24%
Lab Papers: 4 x 6% = 24%
Midterm Exam: 1 x 15% = 15%
Final Exam: 1 x 35% = 35%
2 Hour (Experimetrix) Experimental Participation Requirement

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Sections

#1 Monday 11:00 - 11:50 am 217B CENTR
#2 Monday 10:00 - 10:50 am 217A  CENTR
#3 Wednesday 11:00 - 11:50 am 220 CENTR
#4 Friday 12:00 - 12:50 pm 207 CENTR
#5 Friday 1:00 - 1:50 pm 220 CENTR

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Required Texts

Goldstein, E. Bruce. (2005). Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Goldstein, E. Bruce, Baker, Randall, and MacKewn, Angie. (2005). Concept Maps and CogLab Online Manual for Goldstein's Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

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Week 1  *  Week 2  *  Week 3  *  Week 4  *  Week 5  *  Week 6  *  Week 7  *  Week 8  *  Week 9  *  Week 10

Week 1 Introduction & Pattern Recognition 

Readings
DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 1/8
Introduction
1-1-Intro.pdf
W 1/10
History
1-2-History.pdf
F 1/12
Pattern Recognition
1-3-Patterns.pdf
Readings: Chapter 1&2 Goldstein

Week 2 Perceiving Objects and Recognizing Patterns

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 1/15
(no school)
(no school)
W 1/17
Pattern Recognition
2-1-patterns.pdf
F 1/19
Pattern Recognition
2-2-patterns.pdf
Readings: Chapter 3 Goldstein
Problem Set 1: Due next Wednesday (1/24) in lecture

Week 3 Visual Imagery and Spatial Knowledge

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 1/22
Imagery
3-1-imagery.pdf
W 1/24
Imagery
3-2-imagery.pdf
F 1/26
Spatial Knowledge and Navigation
3-3-navigation.pdf

Readings: Chapter 9 Goldstein
Problem Set 1: Due this Wednesday (1/24) in lecture
Problem Set 2: Due next Monday 1/29 in lecture

Week 4 Imagery & Spatial Knowledge

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 1/29
Resolving the Imagery Debate
(see slides from last week)
W 1/31
Spatial Knowledge and Navigation
(see slides from last week)
F 2/2
Midterm Exam
Study Guide
Reading: Learning.pdf
Problem Set 2: Due this Monday 1/29 in lecture

Week 5 Learning

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 2/5
Classical Conditioning
Learning1.pdf
W 2/7
Modeling Learning
Learning2.pdf
F 2/9
Operant Conditioning Operant.pdf
Reading: Learning.pdf
Readings: Chapter 4 Goldstein
CogLab Assignment 1: Stroop Effect
CogLab Paper 1: 3-5 page paper on Stroop Effect due in lecture next Monday (2/12)

 

Week 6 Attention

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 2/12
Selective Attention
selective.pdf
W 2/14
Visual Attention
visual.pdf
F 2/16
Divided Attention
divided.pdf
Reading: Chapters 4&5 Goldstein
CogLab Paper 1:  Paper on Stroop Effect due in lecture this Monday (2/12)
Problem Set 3: Due next Wednesday (2/21)
CogLab Assignment 2: Spatial Cuing Lab (paper due next Friday 2/23)

Week 7 Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory, and Working Memory

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 2/19
No School
(no school)
W 2/21
Attention and the Sensory Store
Atten3-SS.pdf
F 2/23
Short-Term and Working Memory
stm-wm.pdf
Reading: Chapter 5 Goldstein
Problem Set 3: Due this Wednesday (2/21)
CogLab Paper 2 Due:  3-5 page paper on Spatial Cuing due this Friday (2/23)
CogLab Assignment 3: Phonological Similarity Lab (Papers due next Friday 3/2)

Week 8

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 2/26
Working Memory
wm2.pdf
W 2/28
Working Memory
(see Monday's notes)
F 3/2
Levels of Proccessing & Memory Systems
levels.pdf
Reading: Chapter 6 Goldstein
CogLab Paper 3: Lab Paper on Phonological Similarity due this Friday (3/2)
CogLab Assignment 4: Encoding Specificity Lab (Papers due next Friday 3/9)
Problem Set 4: Due  Monday (3/12) of 10th week in lecture

Week 9 Everyday Memory and Memory Errors

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 3/5
Memory Systems
mon-wk9.pdf
W 3/7
Amnesia & Forgetting
wed-wk9.pdf
F 3/9
Eyewitness Memory, False Memory, Recovered Memory
(see Chapter 7 Goldstein on these topics)
Reading: Chapter 7 Goldstein
CogLab Paper 4 Due: 3-5 page paper on Encoding Specificity due this Friday (3/9)
Problem Set 4: Due next Monday (3/12) in lecture

Week 10 Cognitive Development

DATE
LECTURE
SLIDES
M 3/12
Piaget on Development
piaget.pdf
W 3/14
Development of Memory
development.pdf
F 3/16
Spillover/Review
GreatestHits.pdf
Reading:
Problem Set 4: Due this Monday (3/12) in lecture
Study Guide for Final Exam
Review Session for Final Exam: Sunday March 18 from 11am - 1pm in Solis 104
During Finals Week, Prof. Coulson will hold office hours on Monday March 19 from 10am-Noon (in CSB 161)

Comprehensive Final Exam: Wednesday March 21, 2007, 8-11am