COGS101B_Week9

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/01/opinion/false-confessions-and-the-jogger-case.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/central-park-five-lawsuit-near-settlement-2014-4

COGS101B_Week8

Here they are: quizQsMT2

Correct responses are in bold; reasoning for some answers in italics.

Tip: try covering up the answer choices and generating your own answer before looking at the choices. This is a good way to test whether you really know the material, and a good way to avoid getting misled by misdirecting retrieval cues (answers that look kind of right, but aren’t right).

If you’re interested in reading about the amnesics discussed in class today, here are their names and links to a couple of articles. Try Googling if you’re interested in reading other perspectives (or Bolzan’s book).

Scott Bolzan: http://nypost.com/2011/10/09/memory-loss-is-hi-gain/

Clive Wearing: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3313452/The-man-who-keeps-falling-in-love-with-his-wife.html

COGS101B_Week7 lecture slides here.

Apologies for not posting this sooner–it’s been an action-packed week!

Mt2Review

Voila!

COGS101B_Week6