PSYCH 258
Cognitive Psychology
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News & Updates
• the textbook (5th edition) is available from the Library (hardcover), the Bookstore (print or ebook), and Cengage.ca (hardcover, loose-leaf, ebook + MindTap, or ebook)
• textbook (5th edition) errata (depending on which printing you have; some errata may have been corrected in newer printings): - p.21: “12. Event after the shift in psychology...” should be “12. Even after the shift in psychology...” - p.39-40: the textbook describes one kind of prosopagnosia; however, there are at least two different types, as described in the lectures
- p.83: in Figure 3.31 “What/Pereption” should be “What/Perception” - p.120:- “Thus, participants had to divide their a ttention across two tasks...” should be “Thus, participants had to divide their attention across two tasks...” - p.167: “As for the Fruits group,...” should be “As for the Professions group,...” - p.182: “When you are painting with watercolor, how might you remove excess pain?” should be “...remove excess paint?” - p.184: “(2) a conditioning stimulus” is more commonly called an “unconditioned stimulus”
- p.221: “Systems consolidation involves the gradual recognition of neural circuits.” should be “Systems consolidation involves the gradual reorganization of neural circuits.” - p.225:- “...the Department of justice now requires that interrogations by recorded.” should be “...the Department of Justice now requires that interrogations be recorded.” - p.231: “...amygdala activity was higher for the emotional words...” should be “...emotional pictures...” - p.288: “Figure 9.24a shows a map that extends over a large area of the cortex, which indicates were specific words activate the cortex.” should be “Figure 9.24a shows a map that extends over a large area of the cortex, which indicates where specific words activate the cortex.” - p.340 “However, participants responded ‘yes’ more rapidly when the picture’s orientation matched the situation described in the picture” should read “...matched the situation described in the sentence”
- p.388 (twice): “mediation” should be “meditation” - p.431: “Cryptoamnesia” should be “Cryptomnesia” - p.462: “McNeil, J. E., & Warrington, E. K. (1993). Prospoganosia: A face-specific disorder.” should be “McNeil, J. E., & Warrington, E. K. (1993). Prosopagnosia: A face-specific disorder.”
• MindTap etextbook errata: - in chapter 1, section 1-5a: “One way to appreciate how cognitive psychology can be applied to studying is to look at in Chapter 7.” should be “One way to appreciate how cognitive psychology can be applied to studying is to look at in Chapter 7.” - in chapter 2, the caption for Figure 2.5 “...the resting potential, of 270 millivolts (mv)...” should be “-70 millivolts”
• check out the learning resources list
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- p.71: “...Wilhelm Wundt’s structuralism (see page 7).” should be “(see page 8)”