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
• October 27, exam 2 over chapters 4-6
• December 10, exam 3 over chapters 7, 9, 10, 11
• December 3 and 6, poster presentations

Office hours (via Zoom)​​

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

For Friday September 24

• Study this brief video featuring the late Anne Triesman (see link below)
• Relate this talking duck video to what we have learned in class about pattern recognition
• Watch this video on visual neglect, and relate it to the textbook discussion of neglect
• If you have not yet visited the Fundamentals of Cognition website (see link below), check it out

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
• Requirements for presentations and papers

Links and files to download

• Fundamentals of Cognition publisher website
• 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