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Psychology 503: 2008

Dr. Harvey Shulman
MWF 2:45-4:15
office Hrs: by appointment
292-2759
shulman.1@osu.edu

Course Assistant:
Synthia Sandoval

office hrs: by appointment
email: sandoval.23@osu.edu

Textbook: Goldstein, Cognitive Psychology (1st edition 2005, ISBN 0-534-57726-1)

Course goal: To provide a survey of selected problem areas in modern cognitive psychology, focusing on experimental work and on the relationship between cognitive processes and the nervous system.

Prerequisities: The course material is easier to understand if you have been exposed to experimental psychology. A good introductory course, a basic statistics course, and one or two of the 300 level courses in these areas is recommended (310, 312, 313). You can take the course without some of these, but it may be harder.

PowerPoint Notes: A set of lecture outlines including most of the graphs and figures presented in class (based on my powerpoint slides) is available for download from the course Web site

Website The course Web site includes Web pages that cover some of the instructors classroom presentation, an online discussion section, descriptions of assignments, practice quizzes and other course related information.

The course Web site is hosted on Carmen and can be accessed by registered students at http://carmen.osu.edu.

Grading:

Course grades will be based on points earned from the following sources:

quizzes (2 totaling 50 points)
Homework assignments (at least 40 points)

Final 30 points
Attendance 10 points
Total Available : 130 points

Attendance will be taken about 5 times per quarter without advance notice. Absences do not require an excuse unless a quiz was missed. Perfect attendance earns 10 points. The first missed roll call will be penalized 1 point. Subsequent missed roll calls are penalized 2 points. If you are not present when attendance is taken there is no way for you to earn this extra credit or make it up. If you arrive late on a day when attendance has been called it is your responsibility to notify the instructor by the end of that class.

Unless a change is announced letter grades will be based on total points earned, as follows :

A >= 110
B+ 100-109
B- 95-99
B 85-94
C+ 75-84
C 60-74
C- 55-59
D+ 45-54
D 35- 44
E less than or equal to 34

The publications and materials required in this class may be available in alternative formats.Students in need of alternative formats should direct inquiries about these to the Office of Disability Services. Your instructor may also be able to provide a departmental contact for this purpose. Students with disabilities are responsible for making their needs known to the instructor and for seeking assistance in a timely manner.

Date	Topic	Chapter
1/4	Introduction: experimental cognitive psychology	1
1/7 1/9	Introduction: cognitive science, neuroscience, etc Perception and pattern recognition	2 3
1/14 1/16	Attention  Attention	4
1/21 1/23	University closed no class QUIZ 1
1/28 1/30	Memory Working Memory and Memory Strategies	5
2/4 2/6	Long term memory  : Encoding and retrieval	6
2/11 2/13	Long Term Memory: Everyday memory	7
2/18 2/20	QUIZ 2
2/25 2/27	Knowledge and Semantic Memory Imagery	8 9
3/3 3/5	Comprehension Decision making	10 11
	FINAL  Weds March 12 @ 1:30