Schedule of Topics, Readings, & Exams
The schedule below will provide a general timeline for topics, readings, and exams for PSYC 330. Additional readings will be assigned. Some adjustments to the timing of the topics, readings, and exams may be made over the course of the semester; you will be notified of those changes in class and through updates of this page. Some articles are available directly through links to this page. The rest of the articles are available on the course Sakai site.
| Dates | Topic | Assignments | Readings | Websites, Podcasts, Videos | |
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| Aug 11 & 13 | Principles of Cognitive Science | The Natural and Artificial Worlds (8/13) | Franklin (2014); Richards (2018); Cognitive Science – SEP; Simon, Ch. 1 |
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| Aug 18 & 20 | Principles of Cognitive Science | Chs. 1 & 2 of Mind Children by H. Moravec; Marr’s tri-level analysis (Dictionary of Cognitive Science) | Turing Machine; ELIZA Video; ELIZA Demo; Turing Machine Demo; Turing Machines (SEP); Turing Machines Video; Planet Money Podcast: Cost of Light | ||
| Aug 25 & 27 | Symbol Systems | Computational Power (8/26, 11pm) | Turing Lecture by Newell & Simon | Radiolab Podcast on Turing & Turing Machine; Chatbot Intro Video; | |
| Sep 1 & 3 | Symbol Systems | Mind and Machine (9/2) | Boden (2014); “Chinese Room” Argument | Truth Tables | |
| Sep 8 & 10 | Language | Prep on “Chinese Room” (9/3); Debate (9/10); Peer Evaluation (due 10:00 pm) How to Make a Chatbot (9/10) |
Chomsky (1957), Chs. 1 & 2 | Text Analytics | |
| Sep 15 & 17 | Language | Worried about face recognition? (9/16 at 11:00 pm); Chatbot tutorial due (9/17at 11:00 pm) | Intro to Information Theory Introductory YouTube on Information Theory Bermudez (Ch. 8) |
Deep Learning Ch. 1 – What is a Neural Network? Deep Learning Ch. 2 – Gradient Descent, how neural networks learn |
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| Sep 22 & 24 | Neural Nets | Sun (2014) Exam 1 (9/24) |
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| Sep 29 & Oct 1 | Neural Nets | Introduce Project Medicine & AI (9/30 at 11:00 pm) |
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| Oct 6 & 8 | Rationality & Thinking; Chatbots | Simon on Rationality I (Oct 8 at 10:00 am) | Kahneman (2002 Nobel Lecture) | ||
| Oct 13 & 15 | Rationality & Thinking | Simon on Rationality II (Oct 12 at 11:00 pm) | Yudkowsky (2008) Evans (2008) |
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| Oct 20 & 22 | Rationality & Thinking | Present Your Chatbot (10/20 & 10/22) Chatbot Paper due by 11:55 pm on 10/22 Best Chatbot (due by 5pm on Oct 23) |
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| Oct 27 & 29 | Rationality & Thinking | Gawande on Personal Best (10/29) | Bayes Theorem Video Bayes Theorem (Basic Explanation); Bayes Theorem (Explanation + Humor) |
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| Nov 3 & 5 | Cognitive Science & Society | Exam 2 (Nov 3) Gender, Race, and Perecption of Risk (due 11:55 pm, Nov 4) |
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| Nov 10 & 12 | Cognitive Science & Society | Polarizing Effect of Science Literacy (due 11:55 pm Nov 9) Psychic Numbing (due 11:55 pm on Nov 11) |
Planet Money Podcast: UPS; | ||
| Nov 17 | Cognitive Science & Society | Stanovich, et al Myside bias … Current Directions (2013) | |||
| Final Exam, Saturday, Nov 21 at 4:00 pm | |||||