BCS 208: Lecture Schedule

#	Date	Lab	Lecture	Readings	Due by 3:30PM	%
01	01/24 VRB	Account set-up	Course introduction \| pdf
02	01/31 KD	E1: Blind spot E2: Perceptual matching	How to write a research report. General issues associated with experimentation \| pdf	Ch 1 SG 1.1, 1.4
03	02/07 VRB	E3: Change blindness E4: Iconic memory-headphones	E1 & E2 recap Statistics lecture \| pdf	Ch 3: 63-84 SG 1.7, 1.8	E2	3
04	02/14 VRB	E5: Lexical decisions E6: Typicality in categorization	E3 & E4 recap Lecture \| pdf	Ch. 2: 19-38 SG 2.1, 2.3	E3 or E4	5
05	02/21 KD	E7: Memory organization E8: Recall, recognition & encoding	E5 & E6 recap Lecture \| pdf	Ch. 5: 99-111 SG 2.6, 2.7	E5 & E6	7
06	02/28 KD	E9: Attentional interference & the Stroop Effect E10: Selective attention & response competition	E7 & E8 recap Lecture \| pdf	Ch 6: 125-144 SG 1.5, 1.6	E7 & E8	10
07	03/06 VRB	E11: Signal detection theory	E9 & E10 recap Lecture \| pdf Final project (FP) introduction	Ch 5: 111-124, Ch 7 SG 1.2	E9 & E10	10
SPRING BREAK
08	03/20 KD		E11 recap FP in-class brainstorming \| pdf		E11 FP idea	10 1
09	03/27	Midterm Exam				15
10	04/03	FP: design FP: data collection	Mandatory one-on-one meetings
11	04/10	FP: data collection FP: analysis & write-up	Mandatory one-on-one meetings	App. B
12	04/17	FP: Write-up	Mandatory one-on-one meetings		FP intro due	2
13	04/24		Oral presentations (5%)		Paper (24%)	29
14	05/01 VRB, KD	Paper discussion	Mandatory one-on-one meetings Concluding remarks
15	05/08				Revised paper	8