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Psychology 355: Cognitive Psychology Course Organization & Introduction

Psychology 355: Cognitive Psychology Course Organization & Introduction. Psychology 355: Cognitive Psychology Instructor : John Miyamoto 03/31 /2014: Lecture 01-1.

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Psychology 355: Cognitive Psychology Course Organization & Introduction

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  1. Psychology 355: Cognitive PsychologyCourse Organization & Introduction Psychology 355: Cognitive PsychologyInstructor: John Miyamoto03/31/2014: Lecture 01-1 • This Powerpoint presentation may contain macros that were used to create the slides. The macros aren’t needed to view the slides. If necessary, you can disable the macros without any change to the presentation.

  2. Outline • Instructor & TA information • Textbook & labs • Assignments, exams, grading • What is cognitive psychology? Instructor Information Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  3. Who Are We? Instructor: John Miyamoto Email: jmiyamot@uw.edu Office Hours: 215 Guthrie, Tue 2:30 – 3:20 TA: Hilary Lambert Sections AC & AD Email: hklamb@uw.edu Office Hours: TBA TA: Joris Vincent Sections AA & AB Email: jorisv@uw.edu Office hours: TBA • For individual meetings, contact us by email or see us in class. Course Website Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  4. Course Website http://faculty.washington.edu/jmiyamot/p355/p355-set.htm Textbook Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  5. Textbook Goldstein, E. B. (2010). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience (3rd ed.). • Companion website (click on link from Psych 355 website) • Coglab(click on link from Psych 355 website) Course Website (Again) Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  6. Course Website http://faculty.washington.edu/jmiyamot/p355/p355-set.htm Point out: • Required text – textbook buying info • Examples & answer keys for Winter 2013 Psych 355 • Weekly slides • Preview slides What is Coglab? Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  7. CogLab Experiments You can access CogLab from the Psych 355 course website:http://faculty.washington.edu/jmiyamot/p355/p355-set.htm or from https://coglab.cengage.com/index.shtml • Demonstrate the ‘word superiority’ experiment. • Explain how to get a CogLab ID and password.Discuss issue of buying a used textbook. FAQ’s About the Coglab Access Code & Textbook Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  8. FAQ's About the Textbook & CogLab • 3rd edition of the textbook is probably 80% the same as the 2ndeditions, but the 20% difference may be important on some quizzes or exams. We assume that students have read the material in the 3rd edition. • What you need for Psych 355:3rd edition of the Goldstein textbook.An access code (a.k.a. "registration code") for the Coglab website. How to Get an Access Code for Coglab Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  9. FAQ's About the CogLab Access Code • The access code comes with the Coglab manual that is bundled with the Goldstein textbook at the University Bookstore – but some versions of the Goldstein textbook do not come with an access code. • If you have a used 3rd edition of the textbook, you can buy an ebook version of the Coglab manual including access code for $45.00 + tax at Amazon. • Several students can share a Coglabs account. • See GoPost message board for contacting students who want to share an access code. Link to GoPost is on the Psych 355 website. Grading Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  10. Grading Scheme Info About Exams and Grading Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  11. INFORMATION ABOUT EXAMINATIONS AND GRADING: • I will drop your lowest quiz score. • If you must miss a quiz or a midterm exam, contact the instructor by telephone, or email BEFORE the quiz or exam in order to get permission to take a make up quiz or exam. • Because we post answer keys for exams by Friday on the internet, we cannot let students take a late exam after Thursday of the week on which it is given. • Exception: If you are sick for an entire week, you can receive a different exam from the rest of the class provided you let us know ASAP that you are sick. This make-up exam will be an essay exam. More Info re Exams & Grading Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  12. INFORMATION ABOUT EXAMINATIONS AND GRADING: • The midterm exams and the quizzes are not cumulative. • The final examination is cumulative. • Quiz and exam questions are based on material in (i) the textbook; (ii) lectures; (iii) sections; (iv) labs. • You are responsible for all of the assigned reading material even if it was not covered in lecture. • You will often be asked to do a lab before you have heard a lecture or read about the relevant experiments. Do not worry about this. The labs will be graded very leniently. You need to show that you know what happened in the experiment, but not the theory behind it. More Info re Grading Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  13. More Info re Grading • I grade on a curve but the curve is based on the overall performance of the class, so I can’t tell you before the end of the quarter what you will need to score to get a particular grade. • Example: Typical class Mean final grade = 3.2 Number of 4.0’s = 3 Number of flunk (< 0.7) = 0 • Example: Very good class Mean final grade = 3.4 Number of 4.0’s = 5 Number of flunk (< 0.7) = 0 • Example: Very bad class Mean final grade = 2.8 Number of 4.0’s = 1 Number of flunk (< 0.7) = 3 More Info: Sections & Add Codes Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  14. If you are hoping to get an add code to Psych 355, .... • I will be admitting a few additional students to Psych 355.Priority will be given in the following order: • Psychology majors who have completed Psych 355 prerequisites: At least 2.0 grade in Psych 202 and 209. • Non-psych majors who have completed the Psych 355 prerequisites or who are grad students. • Everybody else • Students are admitted in the order that their emails requesting admission arrived in my mail box (the emails have dates). • Even if you previously sent me an email, send me another email stating: • Your UW ID • Are you a Psych major? Have you completed the prerequisites • Which sections are you able to attend?AA = Friday 10:30 – 11:20; AB = Friday 11:20 – 12:30AC = Friday 12:30 – 1:20; AD = Friday 1:30 – 2:20 Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

  15. Monday, March 31, 2014: The Lecture Ended Here Psych 355, Miyamoto, Spr '14

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