October 2010 Archives

Web Divergence Week #9 (Due Tuesday)

By Otto on October 24, 2010 1:17 PM | 14 Comments

There are a variety of really great lectures called TED Talks. Go to http://www.ted.com/talks and look around for a lecture that relates to a topic discussed so far in our text - preferrably on memory. This might take some doing, but there are a few and they should be worth your effort.

After you watch the video discuss how your text discusses the material covered in the Ted Talk?

Next, briefly discuss including 1) Why you picked that video, 2) What you expected to see, 3) What you actually saw and if you liked it or not, 4) What interested you the most?, and 5) What will you remember from the video.

Make a list of key terms and concepts you used in your post.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Reading Activity Week #9 (Due Thursday)

By Otto on October 24, 2010 1:15 PM | 12 Comments

Please look though the 'Memory Observed" book. Find a chapter that interests you.

State what the chapter is and breifly discuss the main topics and concepts that were brought up in the chapter.

What are some questions you have after reading the chapter?

Next go to your textbook and see what it has to say about the topics raised in the chapter. This might be difficult so if there is even something remotely similar in the text go ahead and read up on that. When you have done this, please respond to the following questions.

What did your text have to say about the topics raised in this chapter? What information was provided in the text? What additional details did your text provide?

What did you think about this chapter? Why? What are three things you will remember from what you read in the chapter? Why? What was one thing that you really liked that was in the chapter? Why? What was one thing that you disliked that was in the chapter? Why? What do you now know about your brain that you didn't know before reading the chapter? Has this chapter made you think about other issues related to cognitive psychology? How does this chapter (if at all) relate to the material in the AoM chapters?

Please make sure you use the terms, terminology and concepts you have learned so far in the class. It should be apparent from reading your post that you are a college student well underway in a course in psychology.

Include a list of the terms and concepts you used in your post. (example - Terms: memory, cortex, visual system....)

Please use spaces between your paragraphs to make your post easier to read - thanks in advance

Let me know if you have any questions.

Reading Activity Week #8 (Due Thursday)

By Otto on October 19, 2010 11:44 AM | 16 Comments

Please look though the 'Memory Observed" book. Find a chapter that interests you.

State what the chapter is and breifly discuss the main topics and concepts that were brought up in the chapter.

What are some questions you have after reading the chapter?

Next go to your textbook and see what it has to say about the topics raised in the chapter. This might be difficult so if there is even something remotely similar in the text go ahead and read up on that. When you have done this, please respond to the following questions.

What did your text have to say about the topics raised in this chapter? What information was provided in the text? What additional details did your text provide?

What did you think about this chapter? Why? What are three things you will remember from what you read in the chapter? Why? What was one thing that you really liked that was in the chapter? Why? What was one thing that you disliked that was in the chapter? Why? What do you now know about your brain that you didn't know before reading the chapter? Has this chapter made you think about other issues related to cognitive psychology? How does this chapter (if at all) relate to the material in the AoM chapters?

Please make sure you use the terms, terminology and concepts you have learned so far in the class. It should be apparent from reading your post that you are a college student well underway in a course in psychology.

Include a list of the terms and concepts you used in your post. (example - Terms: memory, cortex, visual system....)

Please use spaces between your paragraphs to make your post easier to read - thanks in advance

Let me know if you have any questions.

Exam 1 Feedback Session

By Otto on October 13, 2010 5:22 PM | 16 Comments

Hi Class,

I would like each of you to schedule a time to meet next Tuesday (19th) to go over your exam. We will be meeting in the classroom NOT my office. Each visit will be for 5 minutes. If you need more time than that we will then schedule a time during office hours. Meeting times will be on a first come first serve basis. What you will need to do is to find a time between 2:00 and 3:15 (at 5 minute intervals) and post here to take that time. You will need to be careful that the time is not already taken because the person that asked for it first gets the time slot. So please check to see what others have posted before you select a time.

Web Divergence Activity Week #7 (Due Thursday)

By Otto on October 10, 2010 11:56 PM | 12 Comments

What's in the News?

What I would like you to do is to start applying what we are learning in class to real world matters. Some might ask, "What good is learning psychology if we can't apply it to real world matters?" So that is what we are going to do with this divergence assignment.

What I would like you to do is to either go to NPR (http://www.npr.org/ ), the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ ) or any news site listed at the bottom of this page (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ listed in their news sources) and read, watch, or listen to something that is interesting to you and relates to what we have been learning in the class.

Please respond the blog by BRIEFLY telling us what the piece you chose was and why you picked it (what made it interesting for you)? What did you expect to see? What did you find most interesting about the piece?

Next discuss IN DETAIL how it relates to the class using terms, terminology, and concepts that we have learned so far in class.

Include the URL in your post.

Make a list of key terms and concepts you used in your post.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Reading Activity Week #7 (Due Tuesday)

By Otto on October 10, 2010 11:50 PM | 16 Comments

Please read the chapter from your text on memory. Please find two topics from the chapter that are of interest to you and discuss what your text has to say on those topics. Next indicate two topics that you would like me to cover in more depth in class.

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Web Divergence Activity Week #6 (Due Thursday)

By Otto on October 5, 2010 8:43 PM | 12 Comments

What's in the News?

What I would like you to do is to start applying what we are learning in class to real world matters. Some might ask, "What good is learning psychology if we can't apply it to real world matters?" So that is what we are going to do with this divergence assignment.

What I would like you to do is to either go to NPR (http://www.npr.org/ ), the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/ ) or any news site listed at the bottom of this page (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ listed in their news sources) and read, watch, or listen to something that is interesting to you and relates to what we have been learning in the class.

Please respond the blog by telling us what the piece you chose was and why you picked it (what made it interesting for you)? What did you expect to see? What did you find most interesting about the piece?

Next discuss how it relates to the class using terms, terminology, and concepts that we have learned so far in class.

Include the URL in your post.

Make a list of key terms and concepts you used in your post.

Let me know if you have any questions,

--Dr. M

Mind Maps

By Otto on October 5, 2010 1:24 PM | 1 Comment

http://www.psychologicalscience.com/kim_maclin/2010/10/mind-maps.html
grading:
10 points neatness/creativity (can i read it easily)
10 points clarity of basic organizational structure (your main bubbles..are they coherently connected to the central concept and to each other)
10 points level of detail provided
10 points accuracy of content included
10 points amount/level of content included (do you include just a few concepts, or a lot, are they simplistic, or demonstrate a higher level of comprehension)

xMind Maps

By Otto on October 5, 2010 1:24 PM | 0 Comments

Synaesthesia - A Window into Perception, Thought and Language

By Otto on October 5, 2010 12:30 PM | 1 Comment

V.S. Ramachandran

Journal of Consciousness Studies, 8, No. 12, 2001, pp. 3-34

V.S. Ramachandran and E.M. Hubbard 
Synaesthesia - A Window into Perception, Thought and Language
 
 

Abstract: We investigated grapheme-colour synaesthesia and found that: 
(1) The induced colours led to perceptual grouping and pop-out, 
(2) a grapheme rendered invisible through 'crowding' or lateral masking induced synaesthetic colours--a form of blindsight--and 
(3) peripherally presented graphemes did not induce colours even when they were clearly visible. 

http://www.uboeschenstein.ch/sal/ramachandran.html

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