PSYC 375 (Cognitive Psych.)
Schedule for Fall 2007; section 1 only
please note, this schedule is tentative and subject to change
all reading is in the Galotti text unless otherwise specified
Date Topic Read Due
8/28 Introduction ch. 1
8/30 Historical background and methods
9/4 Cognitive neuroscience ch. 2
9/6 cognitive neuroscience cont'd
9/11 Perceiving and recognizing objects ch. 3 hw. 1
9/13 recognizing objects cont'd
9/18 Attention ch. 4 hw. 2
9/20 attention cont'd
9/25 Review
9/27 Exam #1
10/2 Short-term memory ch. 5 hw. 3
10/4 short-term memory cont'd
10/9 Long-term memory ch. 6 hw. 4
10/11 long-term memory cont'd
10/16 Semantic memory ch. 7 & 8
10/18 semantic memory cont'd
10/23 Imagery ch. 9 paper
10/25 imagery cont'd
10/30 Review
11/1 Exam #2
11/6 TBA
11/8 TBA
11/13 Language ch. 10 hw. 5
11/15 language cont'd
11/20 Thinking and problem solving ch. 11 hw. 6
11/22 Thanksgiving
11/27 Reasoning ch. 12 paper re-write
11/29 Making decisions ch. 13
12/4 Review
Final Exam