Special Questions for the Reading Worksheets
UIC Psychology 352: Cognition and Memory Summer 2005
| Day | Reading | Special Question |
| Thursday,
June 2 |
McCarley et al. (2004). | What do the results say about how to
improve safety screening at the airport? |
| Tuesday, June 7 |
Strayer & Johnston (2001). | On July 8, it will become illegal to use a handheld cell phone while driving in Chicago. Based on the results of the article, as well as your own opinion, is this an appropriate ban? Why or why not? |
| Tuesday, June 14 |
Beilock & Carr (2005). | Bielock and Carr suggest that high pressure
conditions can lead capable students to bomb important tests like the MCAT or GRE. What reforms could you suggest that would help students to succeed on these high pressure tests? |
| Thursday, June 16 | Ogden & Corkin (2001); Tulving et al. (1988). | Remember that there is a special reading worksheet for
these readings. |
| Thursday, June 23 | Lewandowsky et al. (2005). | Based on Lewandowsky et al.'s (2005) results, why
might people still believe that no one could have predicted the events
of September 11, 2001? |
| Tuesday, June 28 |
Shaywitz (1996). |
There is a special reading worksheet for this reading. |
| Thursday, June
30 |
Roberts & Kreuz (1994). | Consider the role of other cognitive processes we
have talked about in thinking about the goals that figurative language
serves. How would figurative language get someone's
attention? Why might figurative language be more memorable than
other elements of a text or conversation? |
| Tuesday, July 5 |
Ryan et al. (2002). | Ryan et al. (2002) indirectly suggest several ways that older adults can maintain adequate performance, such as taking advantage of the synchrony effect, or using a stimulant (such as caffeine) to help them during times when their arousal may be decreased, such as late afternoon. Based on what you know about how to improve memory, what other suggestions could you make for older adults? Consider the roles of elaborative rehearsal, schemata, and strategies. |
| Thursday, July 7 |
Klein (1999). | There is a special reading worksheet for this reading. |
| Tuesday, July 12 | German & Barrett (2005). | German and
Barrett suggest that susceptibility to functional fixedness may be
equally present across cultural groups. However, what types of
knowledge or experiences might lead to individual variation in
susceptibility to functional fixedness? You can use the problems
in the article as examples. |
| Thursday, July 14 | Hecht & Proffitt (1995). | Hecht and Proffitt present a task where novices
outperform experts. Given the same group of subjects, what
task(s) could you use that would lead to the experts outperforming the
novices? Explain. |