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Title: Psych3260 Cognitive Processes
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Psych3260 Cognitive Processes
- Steve Prime Teaching Assistant
- Email sprime_at_yorku.ca
- Office BSB309a
- Office hours Monday 3-4
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Term Paper
- 15min paper
- What the heck is APA format?
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APA format
- Shooting yourself in the head is bad for your
health (Prime, 2006) - In a recent paper, Prime (2006) showed evidence
that eating hot soup in front of a fan increases
your likelihood of burning your face - Another danger of driving on a bumpy road is
nearly poking an eye out when rubbing it.
(Prime, 2006, p26).
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Term Paper
- 15min paper
- What the heck is APA format?
- Avoid direct quotes
- How many references?
- Photocopy first page of each reference
- What the heck is critical analysis?
- Can I use subheadings?
- Can I use first-person?
- a paper that is read with little effort means
great effort has made in its writing.
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P.O.W.E.R. writing
- Preparation Where do I start?
- What is my topic?
- Choose a topic that you find interesting, where
there is sufficient material to research your
topic, and is manageable - What is the purpose of the paper? Inform or
persuade?
Remember the 6 Ps proper planning prevents piss
poor performance
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Thought starters
- What are the various features of X?
- How is X made or done?
- What are the causes of X?
- What are the types of X?
- What is the present status of X?
- What is my personal response to X?
- What case can be made for or against X?
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P.O.W.E.R. writing
- ORGANIZATION The foundation
- Start with a clear thesis statement
- Methods to developing the content
- Topical Tree
- Argumentative list pros cons for each side
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This course is the best
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P.O.W.E.R. writing
- Writing
- Writing Rituals
- Introduction is your starting point and your
conclusion is your destination - Write a topic sentence for each paragraph to
briefly show the plan of your trip - Effective writing needs ideas to line up that
makes sense must think about the road map to
plan your trip. - Develop supporting paragraphs to add flesh
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P.O.W.E.R. writing
- EDITING REVISING Polishing the paper
- Do my sentences convey my thoughts clearly?
- Do my transitional words really link two ideas
with a logical connection or are they just
filling in space? - Is my writing economical?
- Any sentences that can be rephrased from passive
to active? - Are the ideas sufficiently developed? Is there
enough evidence, explanation, and illustration? - Is the purpose of my paper evident from the
beginning? - Does my conclusion accurately reflect my argument
in the body of the paper? - Is the organization logical?
- Is my paper unified by a clear purpose?
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Cognition
- Cognitive Psychology
- Scientific study of cognitive processes
- What are cognitive processes?
- Internal mental processes memory, attention,
perception, knowledge representation, reasoning,
creativity and problem solving, etc. - Mental operations in the brain
- Mental processes are like software running on the
computer that is the brain
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