Psy 331 Cognitive Psychology
Fall 2021

Major due dates for fall 2021 (subject to change)

• September 13, quiz over chapter 1
• September 27, exam 1 over chapters 1-3
• October 13, quiz over chapter 4
• Update: November 3, exam 2 over chapters 4-6
• November 22, references for poster due--must be typed and in APA format
• Update: email PDF of finished poster to Dr. Thompson at least one day before the presentation
• December 6 and 8, poster presentations
• Update: December 10, exam 3 over chapters 7, 9, 10. The exam 3 study guide has also been updated

Office hours (via Zoom)​​

• Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 2 to 4 (2:00 to 3:00 on Nov 30)
• Zoom office hours link:​ ​https://niagara-edu.zoom.us/j/87388109067
• Other meeting times and in-person meetings available by appointment

For Friday December 3

• Watch the "method of loci" segment of this video, which starts at 17:40 and ends at 22:50. Relate it to material in the textbook.
• Watch this video about eyewitness memory, and ways to improve the process.
• Watch this video that shows how the cognitive interview can be used when interviewing a witness
• Review this information on doing a literature review, to help as you prepare your group poster and presentation.
• Your list of references is due Nov 22.  Here are some reminders about APA reference format.

Research Groups
Groups 1-4 will present on Dec 6. Groups 5-7 will present on Dec 8

1. Kaitlyn P, Rachel, Allison, Marissa
2. Amani, Elizabeth, Natalie, Antonio
3. Kayla, Jordyn, Dayna, Nicholas
4. Nicole, Emily, Jaida, Kaitlyn K
5. Lauren, Eric, Madeline
6. Nicholas, Hope, Andrea
7. Donald, Caitlin, TaNia

Course Material

• Chapter 1, pages 2-20 (in case you don't have the book yet)
• Fall 2021 syllabus
• Exam 1 study guide
• Exam 2 study guide
• Exam 3 study guide​
• Study tips
• Group poster presentation handout
• APA reference examples
• Literature review reminders

Links and files to download

• Fundamentals of Cognition publisher website
• 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
• Blindsight 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
• How to juggle
• How to stack cups
• Implicit Association Test (age group)
• Memories of childhood abuse
• The man who couldn’t remember