Psy 260: Survey in Cognition and Perception Dr. Susan Brennan

Psy 260: Survey in Cognition and Perception

Psy 260: Survey in Cognition and Perception

Dr. Susan BrennanDr. Susan Brennan

Psy 260: Cognition & PerceptionPsy 260: Cognition & Perception

Graduate TAs Luciane Pereira-Pasarin

Vera HauVera Hau

Undergrad TA: Rachel Turetsky

Syllabus, supplementary materials, announcements, and updated information will be posted on Blackboard.

http://blackboard.sunysb.edu

Graduate TAs Luciane Pereira-Pasarin

Vera HauVera Hau

Undergrad TA: Rachel Turetsky

Syllabus, supplementary materials, announcements, and updated information will be posted on Blackboard.

http://blackboard.sunysb.edu

Using BlackboardUsing Blackboard

Your Blackboard user ID is the same as your Net ID.

Find your ID from your SOLAR account. Under Personal Portfolio, go to link: "Get Your NetID". (It's often, but not always, your first initial and first 7 letters of your last name.)

Password: your SBU ID number (or whatever you’ve changed it to).

Your Blackboard user ID is the same as your Net ID.

Find your ID from your SOLAR account. Under Personal Portfolio, go to link: "Get Your NetID". (It's often, but not always, your first initial and first 7 letters of your last name.)

Password: your SBU ID number (or whatever you’ve changed it to).

Required TextsRequired Texts

Reed, Cognition: Theory and Applications (6th Ed.)

Francis et al., CogLab (classic experiments, simulated)

Reed, Cognition: Theory and Applications (6th Ed.)

Francis et al., CogLab (classic experiments, simulated)

ExamsExams

Two midterms, each covering a different part of the course: Oct 24th, Dec 12th.

Final Exam (cumulative): 12/19 5 PM No make-up or alternative times.

Check your calendar now!

Two midterms, each covering a different part of the course: Oct 24th, Dec 12th.

Final Exam (cumulative): 12/19 5 PM No make-up or alternative times.

Check your calendar now!

Simulated Experiments (CogLab)

Simulated Experiments (CogLab)

Nine individual experiments (you choose from a set of related expts). You run yourself as a subject and collect your own data.

Interpret your data. If your data don't match the classic results, explain what you think led to the unusual pattern.

Print out your data and turn in the paper copy by the deadline.

Nine individual experiments (you choose from a set of related expts). You run yourself as a subject and collect your own data.

Interpret your data. If your data don't match the classic results, explain what you think led to the unusual pattern.

Print out your data and turn in the paper copy by the deadline.

GradingGrading

Higher midterm score 100 pts possible Final exam 100 pts possible 9 CogLabs 90 pts possible Pop quizzes for extra credit

You are expected to attend class

and to take both midterms.

Higher midterm score 100 pts possible Final exam 100 pts possible 9 CogLabs 90 pts possible Pop quizzes for extra credit

You are expected to attend class

and to take both midterms.

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What does psychology mean to you?What does psychology mean to you?

"Cognitive psychology refers to all processes by which the

sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used."

(Ulrich Neisser, 1967)

"Cognitive psychology refers to all processes by which the

sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used."

(Ulrich Neisser, 1967)

Cognitive Psychology Clinical Psychology Social/Health Psychology Personality Psychology Biopsychology

Cognitive Psychology Clinical Psychology Social/Health Psychology Personality Psychology Biopsychology

Scientific psychology (A whirlwind history)


Nature vs. Nurture Kant: the skeptic





Structuralism H. von Helmholtz Wundt: introspection Hermann Ebbinghaus



StructuralismStructuralism

Late 1800s Goal: Find fundamental elements of

thought. Method: Introspection. Problem: Introspection is limited to

current, mid-level cognitive processes. And it's biased.

Late 1800s Goal: Find fundamental elements of

thought. Method: Introspection. Problem: Introspection is limited to

current, mid-level cognitive processes. And it's biased.





Functionalism W. James: the critic









Gestalt psychology




Gestalt psychology






Gestalt psychology




Gestalt psychology

Behaviorism John Watson B. F. Skinner


BehaviorismBehaviorism

Early & Mid 1900s Goal: Eliminate explanations based on

the mind. Method: Study behavior. Learning is

defined as a change in behavior. But is that all there is?

Early & Mid 1900s Goal: Eliminate explanations based on

the mind. Method: Study behavior. Learning is

defined as a change in behavior. But is that all there is?






Gestalt psychology




Gestalt psychology


Cognitive Revolution George Miller Donald Broadbent Allen Newell Herb Simon Piaget Chomsky


Cognitive Revolution George Miller Donald Broadbent Allen Newell Herb Simon Piaget Chomsky

Cognitive Psychology (that’s us)Cognitive Psychology (that’s us)

1950s onward Input Processing Output Person responds to stimulus as he or

she interprets it. Method: We study behavior, assuming

that it reflects cognition.

1950s onward Input Processing Output Person responds to stimulus as he or

she interprets it. Method: We study behavior, assuming

that it reflects cognition.

Figure 1.3 (p. 9)Source: Adapted from Biological Psychology (5th ed.), by J. W. Kalat.

Figure 1.3 (p. 9)Source: Adapted from Biological Psychology (5th ed.), by J. W. Kalat.

Cognitive Neuroscience

Human information processingHuman information processing

Perception Attention Memory (sensory, STM, LTM) “Higher level” processes

- Language - Mental imagery

- Categorization - Problem solving

- Reasoning - Judgment





Figure 1.1 (p. 3)

Stages of an information-processing model

Figure 1.1 (p. 3)

Stages of an information-processing model

Bottom-up processingBottom-up processing

Top-down processingTop-down processing

Human information processingHuman information processing









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Psy 260: Survey in Cognition and Perception Dr. Susan Brennan