syllabus
(Fall, 2019)
enduring ideas
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(Fall, 2019)
PSYCO 104
Basic Psychological Processes
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• textbook (6th Canadian edition) errata (depending on which printing you have; some errata may have been corrected):
- p.38 (twice): “Darely” should be “Darley”
- p.38: “However, only four people reported the emergency and only one of them left room...” should be “left the room”
- p.58: “We can be confident that it was the presence of multiple bystanders (and not some other factor) that caused participants to help the seizure victim less often and more slowly.” should be “...to report the emergency less often and more slowly.”
- p.63: “...participants were faster to respond to positive words before they had been “primed” by a positive picture than in trials were the positive word was followed by a negative picture.” should be “...participants were faster to respond to positive words before they had been “primed” by a positive picture than in trials where the positive word was followed by a negative picture.”
- p.64: “In and Latané and Darley’s (1968) bystander experiment...” should be “In and Latané and Darley’s...”
- p.71: “...and the process that allows a nerve impulse to be is created involves...” should be “...and the process that allows a nerve impulse to be is created involves...”
- p.AP-1 (Appendix): the graph in Figure A.1 is technically not a histogram--in a histogram, adjacent bars must be touching
- p.AP-6 (Appendix): in Table A.4 for Set D, r = +0.75 should be r = -0.75
- p.70: “These specialized receiving units are like antennas that collect messages from neighbouing neurons...” should be “...neighbouring neurons...”
- p.77: in table 3.1, “Endorphin” should be “Endorphins”, and “Inhibits transmission...” should be “Inhibit transmission...”
- p.78: “...by the development the antipsychotic drugs...” should be “...by the development of antipsychotic drugs...”
- p.83: “...was Wilder Penfield and studied the functions...” should be “...was Wilder Penfield and he studied the functions...”
- p.84: “trans-cranial magnetic stimulation” should be “trans-cranial magnetic stimulation” (all in bold)
- p.100: “...and move our gaze allowing visually information...” should be “...and move our gaze allowing visual information...”
- p.101: In the Thinking Critically box, “What kids of evidence would provide information about this question?” should be “What kinds of evidence...”
- p.113: “...and to study disorders such depression and Alzheimer’s disease.” should be “...and to study disorders such as depression and Alzheimer’s disease.”
- p.113: “...your risk for alcoholism, cancers, Alzhiemer’s disease...” should be “Alzheimer’s disease”
- p.114: “...human growth hormone, used treat children...” should be “...human growth hormone, used to treat children...”
- p.142: “Rice et al., 2005” should be “Rich et al., 2005”. Also, the reference for this study is missing from the References section:
Rich, A. N., Bradshaw, J. L., & Mattingley, J. B. (2005). A systematic, large-scale study of synaesthesia: Implications for the role of early experience in lexical-colour associations. Cognition, 98, 53-84. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2004.11.003
- p.142: a generally accepted study by Simner et al. (2006) has found that 1 in 23 people have synesthesia; also women are not more likely to have it, but may have been more likely to report having it
- p.142: (people with synesthesia are not generally considered to be “Sensory-impaired”; synesthesia is not a disorder)
- p.153 (also p.RE-40 and page NI-9): “Medieros” should be “Medeiros”
- p.154: “...some neurons in visual relay stations and the visual cotrex” should be “the visual cortex”
- p.177: “brightness constancy, the relative brightness...” should be “lightness constancy, the relative lightness...”
- p.182: Figure 5.43(a) does not match the caption (it shows a picture of an Ames room, not the Ponzo illusion). The correct image is here.
- p.194: “...they may show simple behaviours such random eye movements...” should be “...they may show simple behaviours such asrandom eye movements...”
- p.196: “Western University psychologist Melvin Goodale” should be “Western University psychologist Melvyn Goodale”
- p.196 (3 times): “visual agnosia” should be “visual form agnosia”
- p.196: “People with visual agnosia are not blind...” should be “People with visual object agnosia are not blind...” (People with visual form agnosia, like D.F., are actually blind. See lecture for more information.)
- p.213: “The areas activated includes those that involved in high-level visual processing...” should be “The areas activated include those that are involved in high-level visual processing...”
- p.214: “...based on an analysis brain areas that are active during both dreams and daydreams...” should be “...based on an analysis of brain areas that are active during both dreams and daydreams...”
- p.214: in the legend of Figure 6.18, “dlPFC Avtivity” should be “dlPFC Activity”
- p.219 (also multiple times on pp.220, 221, 224, 228, GL-15, and SI-14): “physiological dependence” should probably be “physical dependence”
- p.220: “...even though they areno longer physiologically dependent...” should be “...even though they are no longer physiologically dependent...”
- p.239: “Sensory adaptation refers to a decreased sensory response to a continuously present stimulus.” should be &lrdquo;Sensory adaptation refers to a decreased sensitivity to a continuously present stimulus.”
- p.247: “...four out of the top five positons...” should be “...four out of the top five positions...”
- p.266: “A place cell is a type neuron in the hippocampus...” should be “A place cell is a type of neuron in the hippocampus...”
- p.276: “He remembers what he what he had for lunch...” should be “He remembers what he what he had for lunch...”
- p.277: “...a metaphor that has influenced memory research since the 1960s: the mind as a processing system...” should probably be “...a metaphor that has influenced memory research since the 1960s: the mind is a processing system...” (metaphors do not use like or as)
- p.307: the definition of source confusion should be: “our tendency to recall something or recognize it as familiar, but misattribute it to a different source.” (If we “forget where we encountered it” it would be source failure.)
- p.438: “Cannon and his colleague L.L. Bard...” should be “Cannon and his colleague Philip Bard...”
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