PSYO 2130

Intro to Cognitive Psychology

Lec 01 selected

Lectures focus on the processes involved in transforming sensory information into the meaningful everyday world that we know. Initially, emphasis is on the visual system, and how information within that system is structured and organized, followed by a consideration of the character of internal representations used in thinking and remembering.

Sections

Lecture

From the syllabus

From the Fall 2023 syllabus by John Christie. Open the PDF

Grading

Session assessments (12)Equal weight; lowest grade dropped
Chapter 1 testOptional; one bonus point for completion
SONA experimentsUp to two bonus points

Textbook

  • Cognition (10th Edition), Farmer and Matlin

Course rules

Late work
Late assessments are ignored.
Missed sessions
A missed session counts as zero; one is covered by the dropped grade.
Essay word limits
Small excesses may lower the mark; larger excesses result in sentences being removed from the end.

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