Module 6

Cognitive Psychology:

Perception, Memory, & Attention

Assigned Reading: Chapter Seven in Kalat's Introduction to Psychology

    - Also Read pp. 125-139 & 251- 261 if you have the 11th edition of the book

                       - pp. 127-141 & 257-267 if you have the 10th edition of the book

                       - pp. 123-139 & 274-284 if you have the 9th edition of the book

If you have an even earlier edition of the book, contact me and we will figure it out 

Click on the following Links to access the study materials for Module 6. I suggest you look at them in order and then go back as needed.  Be sure that you are in "Slide Show" mode when viewing the PPT slides - otherwise you will not be able to hear the narration.

BRIEF VIDEO INTRODUCTION TO MODULE 6

Perception (PPT)

(Click HERE for the video version)

Types of Memory & The

Information-Processing Model

(PPT) 

(Click HERE for the video version)

Selective Attention (PPT)

(Click HERE for the video version)

Depth-of-Processing Approach to Memory (PPT)

(Click HERE for the video version)

Memory & Emotion (PPT)

(Click HERE for the video version)

VIDEO CLIPS FOR THIS MODULE

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Optical Illusion Dance (Gestalt Principles of Organization)

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The Ames Room Illusion

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The Ames Window Illusion

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The Door Study (Change Blindness)

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The Monkey Business Illusion (Change Blindness)

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WhoDunnit? (like the game "Clue") (Change Blindness)

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Effects of Stress/Arousal on Task Performance

INFORMATION ABOUT THE LAB FOR THIS MODULE:

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- Click HERE FIRST for a brief video introduction to the Stroop Effect

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- Click HERE to download the instructions for conducting this lab experiment

(the Stroop Effect)

(Students taking the lab in-person on campus may be doing a different lab exercise on memory for this module)

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- Click HERE to access the website needed to conduct this lab exercise.