BCS 208: Lecture Schedule

subject to change

#	Date	Lab	Lecture	Readings	Due In Class @2PM	%
01	01/14	Account set-up	Course introduction \| slides
02	01/21	E1: Blind spot E2: Perceptual matching	How to write a research report. General issues associated with experimentation \| slides	Ch 1 SG 1.1, 1.4
03	01/28	E3: Change blindness E4: Iconic memory - bring headphones	E1 & E2 recap Statistics lecture \| slides	Ch 3: 63-84 SG 1.7, 1.8	E2	5
04	02/04	E5: Lexical decisions E6: Typicality in categorization	E3 & E4 recap Lecture \| slides	Ch. 2: 19-38 SG 2.1, 2.3	E4	*5
05	02/11	E7: Generation effect E8: Memory organization	E5 & E6 recap Lecture \| slides	Ch. 5: 99-111 SG 2.6, 2.11	E5 + E6	*5
06	02/18	E9: Short-term memory E10: Recall, recognition, encoding	E7 & E8 recap Lecture \| slides	Ch 6: 125-144 SG 2.2, 2.7	E7 + E8	10
07	02/25	E11: Blind vision	E9 & E10 recap Lecture \| slides	Ch 5: 111-124 Ch 7	E9	10
08	03/04	Midterm Exam	Final project (FP) introduction			15
		SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS
09	03/18	E12: Signal detection theory	E11 recap FP in-class brainstorming	SG 1.2	FP idea
10	03/25	FP: design FP: data collection	Mandatory one-on-one meetings		E12 FP idea	10
11	04/01	FP: data collection FP: analysis & write-up	Mandatory one-on-one meetings	App. B
12	04/08	FP: Write-up	Mandatory one-on-one meetings		FP intro due	2
13	04/15		Oral presentations (5%)		Paper (18%)	23
14	04/22	Paper discussion	Mandatory one-on-one meetings
15	04/29		Concluding remarks		Revised paper	15