Cognitive Studies 101
Psychology 102
Computer Science 101
Linguistics 170
Philosophy 191

Lab Section, Fall 2001

Laboratory Module Author
Touch Screen Section Manual
Dr. Scott H. Johnson	Gettysburg College	scjohnso@gettysburg.edu

Cognitive Science in Context Program Directors
Professor Bruce P. Halpern	bph1@cornell.edu
Professor Ulric Neisser	un13@cornell.edu

Time: 3:30-5:00
Location: Uris 259

• Course Description for Spring 2001

  The principal goal of the COGST 101 Lab Section is to develop a "hands on" understanding of how researchers conduct experiments in cognitive psychology with an emphasis on applied aspects. The course centers around projects in which you will collect data, analyze the results and write reports. The class will begin with a set of prespecified experiments in one area of research and proceed to experiments requiring more creativity and ingenuity on your part. In the process, you will be expected to develop the ability to ask good questions, research the question and develop the appropriate experiment.

• Section Schedule for Fall 2001
  1. First 7 weeks

     Learn what to do, and not do in a research paper.
     Statistics (a quick overview)
     Do specified touchscreen experiments

  2. Last 5 weeks

     Do your own extension to the touchscreen experiments.
     Submit drafts of your research report periodically, which will be critiqued, and handed back to you. Finally turn in a 10-20 page (double-spaced) journal-style report covering all experiments, in APA format with references (including at least two references beyond those of the Reading Assignments).

General Information for the lab section

1. Laboratory Access
   • Students in the course will normally have full access to the Cognitive Science in Context Teaching Laboratory (CSICTL) rooms 203, 257, and 259 in Uris Hall during the Fall 2001 semester. In addition, Uris 205 can be scheduled for other times through the Cognitive Studies in Context Program Office, 282 Uris Hall, csic@cornell.edu, 5-3913.
2. Necessary Equipment to Purchase
   • Zip disk (two are recommended, so that a backup can be made).
   • There is no textbook. Assigned and background readings are on reserve at Uris Library and/or in Uris 259. The lab section WWW page, which you are reading now, should also be consulted.
3. General Course Writing Requirements
   • Comments and questions on the assigned readings presently being done must be submitted to the course mailing list, COGST101-LAB-L, IN ADVANCE of each Monday class period. In order to submit comments and questions to the mailing list, students must subscribe to COGST101-LAB-L. The mailing list is described below.
   • Brief, Informal Reports of Each Component of the Laboratory Module. The laboratory is divided into a series of exercises. After each exercise is completed in the laboratory, and an initial data analysis done, a brief, informal, one or two page description of the results, and of any problems or special situations encountered, will be submitted to COGST101-LAB-L by each student. This will essentially be an electronic version of a laboratory notebook. It is intended to briefly indicate what actually was done, what the general results were, and what difficulties were encountered.
4. Grading
   • The emphasis of this course will be on experiments, and writing about them. We will be discussing some published experiments as well as our own experiments.

   Grade Weighting
   Comments and questions on assigned readings, to COGST101-LAB-L, and class participation	10%
   Brief, informal, description of each experiment's results, and of any problems or special situations encountered, sent to COGST101-LAB-L	10%
   The Formal Report	80%

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