L6: Information Processing
This module discusses cognition from the information processing tradition including processing stages, information, and capacity limitations, which became popular research topics around the 1950s and 60s.
Goals
Instructions
Work through each of the following Read, Watch/listen, and Engage sections. You have the full week to complete any quizzes or assignments for this module.
Read
60 minutes
Chapter 7: Information Processing
Describes cognition from the information processing tradition including processing stages, information, and capacity limitations, which became popular research topics around the 1950s and 60s.
Watch/Listen
There are two mini-lectures for this module.
Lecture 2
Information Theory Hick Hyman Law
same slides and pdf as above
50 mins
Engage
When you are ready complete any or all of the following assignments.
- QUIZ: Complete the L6: Information Processing quiz (2.5 points, on blackboard)
- Writing: (5 points, instructions below, submit on blackboard)
Submit your work before the due date posted on blackboard. Then, move on to the next learning module.
Hick-Hyman law
The textbook chapter discussed choice reaction time experiments and the Hick-Hyman law. Your writing assignment is to explain the following:
Describe what the set-size effect refers to in a choice-reaction time experiment.
Describe what the Hick-Hyman law refers to.
Explain the repetition priming confound, and describe how repetition priming could explain performance in choice-reaction time tasks showing evidence of the Hick-Hyman law. (Hint review section 7.8.7.4 in the textbook)
At the end of your assignment indicate how many points you should receive for your work, along with a brief explanation or justification of your evaluation.
5 points