CLP 7934 -- Cognitive Bases of Behavior
Fall 2008
Russell M. Bauer, Ph.D.
Thursdays, 1pm - 4pm, G301A HPNP

 

This is a proseminar in cognitive psychology, designed to familiarize the student with the current body of knowledge, basic issues and recent advances in the field.  Because it is offered as part of the clinical psychology core curriculum, we will discuss links between clinical phenomena (e.g., biased thinking in psychopathology, memory disturbance, acquired cognitive disturbances, emotion-cognition interface) and theory and research in cognitive science.

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     For 2008 debate assignments, click here.

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Lecture 1:  Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
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Assigned Reading: Posner & Rothbart (2007)

Lecture 2:  Visual Cognition
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Assigned Reading: Peissig & Tarr (2007)

Lecture 3:  Attention, Effort, and Resource Allocation
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Assigned Reading: Umilta (2001)

Lecture 4:  Memory I:  Basic Findings
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Assigned Reading: Baddeley (2000) Brown & Craik (2000)

Lecture 5/6:  Memory II:  Multiple Forms of Memory; New Directions in Cognitive Science and Neuroscience
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Assigned Reading: Parkin, 2001 Keane & Verfaellie, 2006; Ryan & Cohen (2003); Dodson/Schacter, 2001 Cabeza & St. Jaques (2007); Johnson (2006); Moskovitch et al. (2006)

Lecture 7:  Representation and Categorization
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Assigned Reading: Goldstone & Kersten (2003)

Lecture 8:  Language I:  Language Perception and Comprehension
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Lecture 9: Language II: Language Production/Language Disorders

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Assigned Reading: Saffran (2003) Rapp et al (2001) Shelton/Caramazza (2001) Farah/Grossman (2003)

Lecture 11:  Problem-Solving and Reasoning
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Assigned Reading: Kimball & Holyoak (2000) Leighton & Sternberg (2003)

Lecture 12:  Cognition and Emotion I:  Basic Findings
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Lecture 13:  Cognition and Emotion II:  New Developments in Neuropsychology and Cognitive
                   Neuroscience
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Assigned Readings: Storbeck & Clore (2007), Ochsner (2008), Phelps & LeDoux (2005), Cacioppo & Gardner (1999)