Psy 331 Cognitive Psychology
Fall 2025

** No class meeting Monday November 24
Instead, do the reasoning homework
** Link to enter reasoning homework responses

** Extra credit opportunity: Participate in this research study

** Final Exam: December 8 at 2:10, over chapters 7, 10, 11

• You may bring a 3 x 5 inch note card to the exam
• Only write on one side of the note card
  

​** No class Monday October 27. Do this instead:

• Read this article and try to answer the questions
• We will discuss in class

Dr. Thompson's fall 2025 office hours (DePaul room 107)

• Monday 11:00-12:00
• Thursday, 1:30-4:30 (except Nov 20)
• Friday 2:00-4:00
• Other times available by appointment​​​​​

Course Material

• Chapter 1, pages 2-20 (in case you don't have the book yet)
• Chapters 1-3 study guide
• Chapters 4-5 study guide
• Chapter 7, 10, 11 study guide
• Study tips

Links and files to download

• Fundamentals of Cognition publisher website
• Do we really have brain regions? (Lisa Feldman-Barrett)
• Water jar problems
• Tower of Hanoi problems
• Missionaries and cannibals problem (same as Hobbits and Orcs)
• Neuroscience methods (from Ward)
• Visualizing Cohen's effect size d (Magnusson)
• Mock robbery video
• Try this demonstration of shadowing during dichotic listening (use the regular password to access the page)
• Hidden messages in backward music? (use the regular password)
• Oliver Sacks talk on hallucinations (Charles Bonnet syndrome)
• Face blindness video (CBS 60 minutes)
• Change-blindness video​
• Anne Treisman video (2011 National Medal of Science)
• Mapping the brain with fMRI, PET, etc.
• The problem with the neuroscience backlash (by Gary Marcus)
• Cognition Laboratory Experiments (by John Krantz, Hanover College)
• Cognitive Daily
• Exploratorium
• Debunking Pseudoneuroscience video (Carol Tavris)
• Association for Psychological Science
• American Psychological Association
• HM’s brain
• Video: Interactive Activation Model​
• Implicit Association Test (age group)
• Memories of childhood abuse
• The man who couldn’t remember

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Revised chapter 11 study guide