BCSC 208: Lecture Schedule
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Lecture slides will be made available on Blackboard. Readings are listed from the textbook (Exploring Research Methods in Psychology Using PsychMate) and the PsychMate Student Guide (SG).
Date
Lecture
Lab
Readings
Due
Points
01/23
Course introduction
Ch 1
01/30
Writing research reports
Sensory memory
Sensory memory
E1: Iconic Memory
App. B
SG 1.7
SG 1.7
02/06
Statistics
Short-term memory
Short-term memory
E2: Perceptual Matching
E3: Scanning Short-term Memory
E3: Scanning Short-term Memory
Ch 2
SG 1.4, 2.2
SG 1.4, 2.2
E1
6
02/13
Long-term memory
E4: Lexical Decisions
E5: Organization as Aid to Recall
E5: Organization as Aid to Recall
Ch 3
SG 2.1, 2.6
SG 2.1, 2.6
E2+E3
9
02/20
Final project (FP) intro
Attention
Attention
E6: Stroop Effect
E7: Response Competition
E7: Response Competition
Ch 5-6
SG 1.5, 1.6
SG 1.5, 1.6
E4+E5
12
02/27
FP timeline
Midterm exam review
Midterm exam review
Ch 7
E6+E7
12
03/05
Midterm Exam
15
03/12
Spring Break
03/19
Ethics
FP: idea / design 1
Ch 4
FP idea
1
03/26
FP: design 2
CITI
5
04/02
FP write-up
FP: data collection 1
04/09
FP: data collection 2
FP intro
5
04/16
FP oral presentation
Paper
25
04/23
Oral presentations 1
Talk
5
04/30
Oral presentations 2
Revised
paper
5