Schedule of Debaters and Debate Sessions

PSYCH 516 – Advanced Cognition

 

 

Date

Debate #

Issue

Leaders

Discussants

 

 

 

 

 

1-24-06 (Tuesday)

1

Laboratory vs. Field Research

Lab: Lisa Hasel

Field: Dawn Brandau

Robin Z.

Field: Julia

2-2-06 (Thursday)

2

Behavioral Methods in Cognitive Psychology

                                vs.

Cognitive Neuroscience Methods

Neuroscience: Chris Ralston

Behavioral: Kurt Dohse

Neuroscience: Chris M.

Behavioral: Chris P.

2-9-06 (Thursday)

3

Cause vs. Effect Theories of Attention

Cause: Jeremiah

Effect: Chris M.

Cause: Phil M.

Effect: Robin Z.

2-16-06 (Thursday)

4

Single Code vs. Multiple Code Theories of Representation

Single: Donna B.

Multiple: Nichole

Single: Dawn

Multiple: Chris Ralston

2-23-06 (Thursday)

5

Dual Route vs. Parallel Distributed Processing Models of Nonword Regularity

Dual-route: Bogdan

PDP: Mary

Dual-route: Wah Pheow

PDP: Kurt

3-2-06 (Thursday)

6

Prototype vs. Exemplar Theories

Prototype: Julia

Exemplar: Kristin W.

Prototype: Donna

Exemplar: Jeremiah

3-9-06 (Thursday)

7

Structure vs. Process Approaches

to Semantic Priming

Structure: Chris M.

Process: Wah Pheow

Structure: Bogdan

Process: Julia

3-23-05 (Thursday)

8

Multi-store vs. Dynamic Models of

Short-term Memory

Multi-store: Robin Z.

Dynamic: Phil M.

Multi-store: Chris P.

Dynamic: Wah Pheow

3-30-06 (Thursday)

9

Abstraction vs. Non-abstraction in Implicit Learning

Abstraction: Donna B.

No Abstraction: Chris Pilson

Abstraction: Kurt

No Abstraction: Kristin W.

4-4-6 (Tuesday)

10

Unconscious cognition? Yes vs. No.

Yes: Jeremiah

No: Chris Ralston

Yes: Lisa Hasel

No: Phil  M.

4-6-06 (Thursday)

11

“Subliminal” processing? Yes vs. No.

Yes: Julia

No: Wah Pheow

Yes: Chris M.

No: Bogdan

4-11-06 (Tuesday)

12

Metamemory: Direct access to representations

                                   vs.

               Construction and attribution

Direct access: Dawn

C&A: Lisa H.

Direct access: Donna

C&A: Mary

4-13-06 (Thursday)

13

Recognition Memory:

Single process vs. Dual-process theories

Single Process: Bogdan

Dual Process: Nichole

Single Process: Lisa Hasel

Dual-Process: Mary

4-20-06 (Thursday)

14

Response time vs. Accuracy: Two sides of the same coin or not?

Yay: Kurt

Nay: Phil M.

Yay: Nichole

Nay: Jeremiah

4-25-06 (Tuesday)

15

Domain Generality vs. Domain Specificity: Choose a relevant area of cognitive psychology, then assignment to sides will be random.

Mary vs. Kristin W.

Dawn

Chris Ralston

4-27-06 (Thursday)

16

Domain Generality vs. Domain Specificity: Choose a relevant area of cognitive psychology, then assignment to sides will be random.

Robin vs. Chris Pilson

Nichole

Kristin W.