Cognitive Psychology

1. Attention

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   Use selection, capacity, and dual-task evidence to explain when someone will miss a signal.

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2. Memory

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   Separate encoding, storage, and retrieval, and apply working / long-term distinctions to a real lapse.

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3. Concepts and knowledge

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   Contrast prototype, exemplar, and theory-theory on how people classify a new case.

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4. Judgment and reasoning

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   Name a heuristic or bias with the task that shows it, and say what a normative model would have done.

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5. Language and thought

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   Use a processing or representation claim (not a Whorf slogan) on a comprehension or production example.

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6. Cognitive control

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   Explain a conflict task (Stroop, task switching) with control, not with “willpower”.

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Why a path, not a playlist

Attention, memory, concepts, judgment, language. Later headings open after the one before.

Each heading is its own course with a tutor. Later headings open when you finish — or test out of — the one before.

After you sign in

• •You land on this map — every heading is already there.
• •Take the open class, or test out of a later heading to unlock it.
• •Each heading is one shared course — same syllabus and first class for everyone. Later classes continue on your copy.