| Date | Topic | *Readings / +Assignments | Notes and Events |
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| Week 1 |
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| M Jan 09 | How to study the mind? |
| optional:Thagard 2010
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| W Jan 11 | Inattentional Blindness |
*Simons and Chabris 1999
| optional:Discover magazine, Dec 2011
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| F Jan 13 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 2 |
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| M Jan 16 | NO CLASS MEETING |
| MLK Day ("a day on, not a day off!")
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| W Jan 18 | Stereotype threat |
*Rydell et al. 2010
| optional:Science News, July 2010
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| F Jan 20 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 3 |
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| M Jan 23 | Rational? |
*Kahneman, 2002
+RESPONSE01
| optional:NY Times, July 2007
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| W Jan 25 | Morality and fairness |
*Greene & Haidt, 2002
+RESPONSE02
| video 1 video 2
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| F Jan 27 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 4 |
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| M Jan 30 | Fair Animals |
*Brosnan & de Waal 2004 and
*and followup exchange
+RESPONSE03
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| W Feb 01 | Infant cognition |
*Carey 2004
+RESPONSE04
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| F Feb 03 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 5 |
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| M Feb 06 | Short-armed cognition |
*Smith et al. 2010
+RESPONSE05
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| W Feb 08 | Brain and Social Cognition |
*Senju & Johnson, 2009
+RESPONSE06
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| F Feb 10 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 6 |
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| M Feb 13 | The eyes have it |
*Carrick et al.
+RESPONSE07
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| W Feb 15 | Too much choice? |
*Lyengar et al. 2000
+RESPONSE08
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| F Feb 17 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 7 |
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| M Feb 20 | Never enough data |
*Scheibehenne et al. 2010
+RESPONSE09
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| W Feb 22 | Please sir, can I have some more? |
*Wansink et al. 2005
+RESPONSE10
| optional:Scheibehenne et al. 2010
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| F Feb 24 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 8 |
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| M Feb 27 | Watson in Jeopardy |
*Ferrucci et al. 2010 and
*NY Times, Feb 2011
+RESPONSE11
| optional:Slate, Feb 2011
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| W Feb 29 | Understanding? |
*Searle 1980
+RESPONSE12
| leap day bonus!
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| F Mar 02 | Exam review | |
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| Week 9 |
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| M Mar 05 | Exam review | |
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| W Mar 07 | EXAM | +MIDTERM EXAMINATION |
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| F Mar 09 | | | discussion sections
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| Week of Spring Break |
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| Mar 12-16 | NO CLASSES | |
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| Week 10 |
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| Mar 19 | Silicon Meat?
| *McClelland et al. 1986
+RESPONSE13
| optional:Sejnowksi 2010
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| Mar 21 | Two systems?
| *Goodale & Milner 2006
+RESPONSE14
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| Mar 23 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 11 |
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| Mar 26 | Evolutionary Psychology I
| *Cosmides & Tooby
+RESPONSE15
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| Mar 28 | Evolutionary Psychology II
| *Todd & Gigerenzer
+RESPONSE16
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| Mar 30 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 12 |
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| Apr 02 | Integrating...
| *Hills et al. 2008
+RESPONSE17
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| Apr 04 | Synaesthesia
| *Brang et al. 2008
+RESPONSE18
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watch movie
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| Apr 06 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 13 |
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| Apr 09 | Cognition of Clothing
| *NYTimes
+RESPONSE19
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| Apr 11 | Cognition of Throwing
| *Zhu & Bingham 2011
+RESPONSE20
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| Apr 13 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 14 |
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| Apr 16 |
| Paper conferences
+RESPONSE21
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| Apr 18 |
| Paper conferences
+RESPONSE22
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| Apr 20 | | | discussion sections
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| Week 15 |
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| Apr 23 | Weird people?
| *Heinrich et al. 2010 [Read sections 1-3 (first 9 pages).]
+RESPONSE23
++PAPER due at midnight
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| Apr 23 | more weird people
| *Heinrich et al. 2010 [Read sections 4-8, ending at top of p.23]
+RESPONSE24
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| Apr 27 | | | discussion sections
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| Finals Week |
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| W May 02 | REVIEW SESSION
| 2:45-4:45 Ballantine 228
| Special review session
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| F May 04 | EXAM
| +EXAM 0800-1000
| Final examination FRIDAY, 8-10 a.m. Note time/date!
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