Cognition Test 3 Reviews
November 16, 2007
Scholars,
I’d like for you to pick out at least 2 shared sites to review for the 2 chapters that go along with our third test. They could both be great or they could both suck. Tell us why this would or would not be appropriate to share during a class presentation, as a reference in a paper, or as a study resource.
Ideally, you would investigate sites that have information about topics that might be confusing you. Alternatively, you could visit sites that you have a great interest in and want to learn more about.
I also want you to think about were these sites can be used appropriately as a resource. Most are obviously inappropriate as a reference in a term paper. If you review a site that you believe would be appropriate for a reference in a paper please tell us why. I’m sure I’ll want to take a good look at the site.
Thanks for learning with me.
prof_chuck
November 18th, 2007 at 5:49 pm
Review # 1
http://epse501.freeservers.com/index.html
i reviewed kelly Fords’ site and it’s quite resourcefull and very organized. I defintaly recommend it for future use.
Review # 2
http://www.mtsu.edu/~sschmidt/Cognitive/Problem/problem.html#V.%20A%20Model%20of%20Problem%20Solving
Daniel Covington’s website he found is very reliable , considering it’s from a University research program. It’s easy to understand and to look at, and worth the extra time to go over it
November 18th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
The first site I reviewed was: http://www.start2think.com/fixedness.html
This site was posted by Andey Wood. It goes into detail about functional fixedness and Dunkers theory. It explains why sometimes we fail to find solutions to straight forward problems due to “fixation” in our minds. Good site for studying, but I wouldn’t use it for a term paper.
The second site I reviewed was:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O87-Wasonselectiontask.html
This article was posted by Christie Cates and I found it to be a helpful study guide for review on the Wason selection task. It helped me better understand the task, but I probably wouldn’t use it for research.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:27 am
For chapter 10, I reviewed Kelly Ford’s site:
http://epse501.freeservers.com/index.html
This is an informative site especially if you click on the left side link “more on framing effects” there is an Alice in Wonderland illustration that is quite descriptive. I would use this site to study but not a source in a research paper as it is not cited.
For chapter 8, I reviewed Matt Strever’s web-site:
http://www.judgelink.org/a2j/planning/Structured_Planning/MeansEnds.cfm
This site provides a clear straight forward description of means analysis. It is not a psychological web-site but gives practical examples. I would use this site to study. I would not use this site in a research paper as the specific source is a bit ambiguous.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:38 am
Amanda Patrick – Reviews
Chapter Eight
Matt Strever’s Website:
http://www.judgelink.org/a2j/planning/Structured_Planning/MeansEnds.cfm
Its good at explaining three different things that make a good means-ends analysis in terms that aren’t so psychological like he says from his posting and it is a lot easier to use in trying to understand what exactly it is about and how it works, etc. It would be usable as a good source in going to and using in explaining the means-ends analysis in a paper possibly. But it is definitely a simple, not so detailed, link to use to study this for our test and get a good understanding of it all.
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Chapter Ten
Beth Chambers’s Website:
http://ext.sac.edu/faculty_staff/taba_khalil/logic/deductive_reasoning.htm
This is a very interesting link, it covers the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning. It gives examples that you can try and solve and explains them.They are explained in a simplistic detail so you can better understand it. The website is credible, from a professor’s lectures/notes/online notes.I could use this later on with many subjects and topics we may learn about in psychology, not just with cognitive psychology. Mostly because the inductive and deductive can relate to various worldly examples and problem solving.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:24 am
This is from Chapter 8 and is one of Dan Covington’s sites:
http://www.ncacasi.org/jsi/2000v1i2/problem_solv_2
This article helps to clarify the differences in processes involved in decision making, critical thinking, and problem solving. The article goes into detail regarding the different processes and steps and will prove very useful.
This is one of Christie Cates sites from Chapter 10:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O87-Wasonselectiontask.html
This article gives a simplistic explanation of the Wason selection task. It helped me to understand it better and I found it quite useful.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:08 am
logcom.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/12/1/55.pdf
A focus on practical reasoning
Site 1
Cog 3310; reasoning
http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/nonbiblical_reasoning_leads_to.aspx
Non-Biblical Reasoning Leads to Pragmatic Decision Making
Site 2
Cog: 3310 reasoning and decisions
http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/learningconnection/student/counselling/problemsolving.asp
Problem solving is a tool, a skill and a process. It is a tool because it can help you solve an immediate problem or to achieve a goal. It is a skill because once you have learnt it you can use it repeatedly, like the ability to ride a bicycle, add numbers or speak a language. It is also a process because it involves taking a number of steps.
Site 1
cog 3310: problem solving
openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=196295
Requires you to present an example of your work to show that you can explore a problem and follow it through to completion
Site 2
Cog: 3310 problem solving
November 19th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook3.htm
i thought kelly fords web site on problem solving was very helpful it broke it down to simplier terms and explained the basics
stacy newman
November 19th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O87-Wasonselectiontask.html
i reviewed christie g. article on the wason selection task pretty much sd the same thing as the book good for a review
stacy newman
November 19th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
http://www.judgelink.org/a2j/planning/Structured_Planning/MeansEnds.cfm
i reviewed strever’s site on means end analysis, it was basic but overall gave a pretty concise explanation of the subject, although i would recommend the site for class review, its really not paper quality info.
November 19th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
http://www.overbooked.org/mentalsets.html
i reviewed michele weisner’s site on mental sets. this site was really interesting and had a great flow that kept the info clear, applicable, and easy to understand. i would definitely recommend this sit for review.
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.php
this was jennifer collins site on inductive and deductive reasoning. this was a great site that also focused on the basics of social research, a good basic site. yeah.
November 19th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
The first site that I reviewed was on Ch. 10 posted by Jessica Boyle.
http://michaelgr.com/2007/11/12/cognitive-bias-monte-carlo-fallacy/
I checked out this post because I have had some interest in learning more about this phenomena. However, this site seems to not be suited for any type of research because I did not find anywhere that it was cited or reviewed. This was a very good and brief review tool that gave examples. Might be able to use in class presentation, just for the examples.
The second site that I reviewed was in reference to Ch. 8 posted by Michele Wiesner.
http://www.overbooked.org/mentalsets.html
I checked this out because I was also more interested in learning about positive and negative mental sets, which the site briefly touched on. I was also slightly confused about mental sets and how our brain determines what a mental set may be compared to things like habits, etc. Given were very clear, concise examples. This would be great for a paper because it is cited and does have easy to understand information presented. Also good for in class presentation.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Test 3 Reviews
http://www.columbia.edu/~ds2016/digital_port/papers/cognition2.htm
I reviewed the website Amanda Patrick found. This is a thorough website if you’re looking for information on meta-analysis, expert knowledge and spatial representations of problems. It also covers metacognition cognitive flexibility and elaboration. The site is very detailed, but it gives plenty of information and references on the topics. Anderson is references several times, and there is a bibliography at the end if anyone wishes to continue their research and/or quest for knowledge. This site is good because it parallels many of the subjects that are covered in our book. You probably could use this for an academic paper, but it would be better if you went to the original source for your citations.
http://www.philosophypages.com/lg/e08a.htm
Jennifer Collins found this website, which reviews the categorical syllogism. The website breaks down the individual components of a categorical syllogism and gives definitions and explanations for all of the components. I don’t think you would use this on a paper, but it is a very useful study tool.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Chapter 10:
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.htm
I reviewed a site posted by Lauren Foust for chapter 10. This site explains inductive and deductive reasoning. I found it to be somewhat helpful as a study tool. I don’t think it would be a credible source to use for a paper or project.
Chapter 8:
http://www.start2think.com/fixedness.html
I reviewed this site posted by Jennifer Collins for Chapter 8. This is an article about functional fixedness. It discusses Dunker and an experiment of his. I don’t think it really has that much helpful information, because most of the relevant information we already read in the book. I think it may be ok to use for studying, but that is pretty much it. I don’t know how credible of a source it would be for other uses.
November 19th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~barsalou/Courses/Cognition/Lecture_Notes/T11a-4g-learning_problem_solving-OUT.pdf.
Amanda patricks review site gave great experiments and studies on Duncker’s and luchin’s theories on learning in solving problems good illustration easy to comprehend
TAGS: Duncker Luchin problem solving ch 8 cog
http://www.psych.northwestern.edu/~mjungbee/documents/TiCS_insight.pdf
A great review site by Drew Greene That talks about insight. How it has evolved into a new framework. Discusses the neurological model of insight in depth. good visuals
Tags: Cog3310 neuro insight
November 19th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
Site 1:
http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook3.htm
I reviewed Kelly Ford’s website and found it to be very helpful. It talked about the basis of problem solving and how to take steps to solve them.
Site 2:
http://michaelgr.com/2007/11/12/cognitive-bias-monte-carlo-fallacy/
I reviewed Jessica’s webite. It gave good examples to help explain the concept more. I found it to be very helpful.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
Review #1: http://www.overbooked.org/mentalsets.html
I reviewed Michele Weisner’s site for Ch. 8 on mental sets. Her review said this site explained mental sets in depth and that it was very interesting, so that caught my attention. I thought this site did a nice job of describing mental sets and covered many aspects of them. I liked that it provided simple examples which really illustrated the point they were making and put the information into real world perspective. One thing about this site was that it was focused on motivation analysis and behavior rather than a strictly scientific approach, but I thought it made the article interesting. I would not use this site as a reference because its information cannot be validated as it is posted as a booklist type thing by a volunteer project.
Review #2: http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook5.htm
I reviewed Whitney Hampton’s site for Ch. 10 on decision making. Her review said this site helped her understand this concept much better and I agree. This site provided an excellent description of decision making and was very detailed. It went over many topics, such as definitions, components, approaches, and risks. It gave many examples for the explanations, a formula for risks, and even included sample problems for viewers to try. I liked that it also offered advice and strategies at the end of the article. It is definitely worth reading to expand your understanding of this concept, but I don’t think it would be very helpful as a review for this test because it has a different approach than the textbook. I might use it for a paper because the author is qualified and it has a link to cite it as a source.
November 19th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
http://www.columbia.edu/~ds2016/digital_port/papers/cognition2.htm
The first site I reviewed is by Amanda Patrick. This site really reiterated the concepts presented in chapter 8 and I found its concepts useful. This site could be used in a paper because it contains significant research and studies that relate to the topics.
http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook5.htm
The second site I reviewed was by Whitney Hampton. This site really helped me better understand decision making in greater detail than the book. This site is probably not very useful for a paper.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Matt Strever gave us- http://www.judgelink.org/a2j/planning/Structured_Planning/MeansEnds.cfm
Good Site on Means-Ends. Explains some things a little differently than the book. This is definitely a site you could quote for a term paper or research paper. Not a long read, but a good one to review with. Good luck understanding it though, it looks to apply a lot more to engineering than to what I got out of the book.
Christie Cates gave us – http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O87-Wasonselectiontask.html
This was a very good site. You could cite it on any paper or use it to present to a class with. It was a lot easier to understand the Wason Selection Task from this encyclopedia article than in the book. None of the information that was given seemed to be sketchy.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
Review Site 1:
http://men.webmd.com/news/20040413/scientists-explain-aha-moments
This is one of Ashley Bogue’s sites for chapter 8. It is about the “Aha” moments people experience. I liked this article from WebMD. It was not too lenghty and was a good read. This is one of the most interesting things about problem solving to me. I am not sure what kind of source WebMD is for a paper though. It would be better to use this site as a starting point for information and sources.
Review Site 2:
http://www.start2think.com/fixedness.html
This is one of Jennifer Collins’ websites for chapter 8. It is about functional fixness and it has a cute little example story to start off the article. It is not the best website if one is looking for a better explanation of the term. I do not think this should be used as a source for a paper.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:00 am
Site 1:
http://www.columbia.edu/~ds2016/digital_port/papers/cognition2.htm
Review:
This was a very helpful site for me. it covers almost everything in the chapter. I think it is like another teachers powerpoint or something. anyways, it was useful in studying!
Site 2:
http://lc.brooklyn.cuny.edu/smarttutor/logic/ponens.html
Review:
This site helped me to understand the concept of the modus ponens better. it was a very useful site for studying but not for a research paper.
November 20th, 2007 at 8:43 am
Site # 1: http://michaelgr.com/2007/11/12/cognitive-bias-monte-carlo-fallacy/
I looked at this site posted by Jessica Boyle and found it interesting because I have a family member that struggles with gambling. And it helped me prepare for the test.
Site # 2: http://www.ni.cs.tu-berlin.de/lehre/SpieltheorieSem/rational_choice.pdf
I also reviewed Megan Veal’s article on probability matching because this is one thing I didn’t understand thoroughly even after reading the book. This site definitely gave me a little more insight into how perceived probability affects our decision making.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Review #1:
http://epse501.freeservers.com/index.html
I enjoyed this site becuase it explained the framing effect theory. It had good analogies and examples. It also explained how it incorporates theories of memory and information processing into our understanding of the effects of framing. This site is great for a reference and in depth explanation. I liked it a lot and I used it a lot for studying and referencing.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Review #2:
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1513902
I picked this site because I like the way functional fixedness is explained. It gives great examples and gives a great reasoning on why it is so important and why it should be learned at a young age. It is a great site for referencing and studying from. I learned a lot and found it very useful.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:15 am
My first review was of Ashley Bogue’s contribution:
http://men.webmd.com/news/20040413/scientists-explain-aha-moments
Though the article seemed to run a bit contrary to what the book stated, it was interesting to read a different perspective about the viability of so-called ‘a-ha’ moments and whether there’s any cognitive basis for this phenomenon. I found the article to be intriguing and it was nice to look at this concept a little more. I think this site would be an excellent presentation source, would work fairly well as a study resource, but would be inappropriate for a scholarly paper.
My second review will focus on Megan Veal’s contribution:
http://www.sciam.com/math/article/id/what-is-bayess-theorem-an
I found it to be a useful site regarding Baye’s theorem. The first couple of read-throughs still left me confused, but by the third and fourth time looking at the information, it started to come together in a a pretty clear way. This site worked well if given the time to sink in a bit, due to some quick movement through the ideas.
A good study resource, a fair presentation resource, and an inappropriate scholarly paper resource.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Site 1: http://skepdic.com/gamblers.html
I review this site that Wyatt Martin posted for chapter 8 about gambler fallacy. This was a very interesting article, and it makes you not want to play the lottery or go to Vegas any time soon. I think this site is very good to learn more about this concept for the test, but I am not convinced that it would be the best site to use for an academic paper.
Site 2: http://men.webmd.com/news/20040413/scientists-explain-aha-moments
I review this site that Ashley Bogue posted for chapter 10, and I found it extremely interesting. The article was about the “Aha” moment, and was very useful in studying for the test. This site would be acceptable if used for an academic paper.
November 20th, 2007 at 11:55 am
I reviewed Drew Watts’s site http://cals-cf.calsnet.arizona.edu/fcs/content.cfm?content=decision_making
It is over the process of decision making. very detailed site why decision making is important.
I also reviewed Megan Veal’s site http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/february22/hofstadter-021506.html
It was a very interesting article on scientific analogies. Understood what the book said about analogies, yet this site gave a good real life explanation to it.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Site #1 Review:
http://www.cog.brown.edu/courses/42/lec13.htm
I am reviewing Christie Cates website on problem solving. It was a good site for reviewing vocab words for the test in a simplified way. It gave some good examples and went over some of the experiments that were covered in the textbook. I found it useful in reviewing for exam.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
http://www.shadowsoftware.biz/cogPsychPaper.htm
I chose this site for Ch.8 because I thought that is was a great informative site that really helped seperate and break down each important subject of the chapter. It also put it into a simple formto help me better understand Ch8.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
http://michaelgr.com/2007/11/12/cognitive-bias-monte-carlo-fallacy/
I chose this website as being very helpful in understanding gamblers fallacy. It discusses the different forms of the fallacy and the truth about the odds of the simple thing of flipping a coin. I think it is useful for myself for studying for the test.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Site 1:
Daniel Covington’s :
http://www.mtsu.edu/~sschmidt/Cognitive/Problem/problem.html#V.%20A%20Model%20of%20Problem%20Solving
I loved this site. I was really easy to understand and broken down very well. It is a great reiteration of what we talked about in class last Thurs.
Site 2:
Marissa’s:
http://www.philosophypages.com/lg/e08a.htm
Great site for extra examples, very useful!
November 20th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
1. http://overbooked.org/mentalsets.html
I chose to review Michelle Wiesner’s site for mental sets because I was having trouble keeping the information straight, and this site did a good job of just giving a brief description and example for everything, probably shouldn’t be used for a paper, but good for review and clarification.
November 20th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
2. http://michaelgr.com/2007/11/12/cognitive-bias-monte-carlo-fallacy/
I also chose to review Jessica Boyles website on the gambler’s fallacy. I understood this concept but thought it was interesting and wanted to read more about it. The examples given could be used in a research paper for a point of reference. Very interesting!
November 20th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Review 1:
http://dieoff.org/page163.htm
I reviewed Heather Hutchinson’s site from Chapter 10 on theories of decision making. It’s a little longer but that just means there’s that much more information. It was a little hard to get through, not because of the context but because of the font and layout of the article. Yeah, sounds dumb but those things really affect my ability to process information.
Review 2:
http://www.mtsu.edu/~sschmidt/Cognitive/Problem/problem.html
For chapter 8 I reviewed Hannah Sims site on functional fixedness. One reason being, I was going to use this site myself for bookmarking until I saw it had already been used a few times….
Anyway, I liked the way it was layed out, a lot of white space is good, the information was organized and in terms easy to commit to memory and the flow of information fit well too. It’s a good site to get a better grasp on this concept.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Review #1
I first reviewed Drew Green’s contributions on insight. It was a good article and would be moderately appropriate for most scholarly endeavors. It is better suited for studying and really helped me better understand insight.
http://www.psych.northwestern.edu/~mjungbee/documents/TiCS_insight.pdf
November 20th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Review #2
I reviewed Lauren Foust’s contribution on deductive versus inductive reasoning. This website is a great tool for studying and was very helpful to me. I would definitely recommend this site for everyone. It is not great for scholarly inclusion but is an excellent resource.
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.htm
November 20th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Review: http://www.eptacom.net/blog/2006/01/functional-fixedness-and-einstellung.html
This was Matt Strever’s site about einstellung effect and functional fixedness. The book was unclear to me yet this site (although a short blurb) got straight to the point and explained it for me well, I would probably not use this site in a paper or research project but it is a nice study sheet…if your looking for a discussion of these particular topics.
Review: http//www.overboard.org/mentalsets.html
This site was posted by Michele Weisner and goes into great detail about mental sets- how they help us, how they hinder our problem solving skills, how to creat them, how to block them, and so on. A very practical and informative site, possibly useful in an informal paper but not so much for a big research project or truly scholarly work.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
Review 1:
http://sysopmind.com/bayes/bayes.html
This is one of Hannah Sims’s sites from Chapter 10. I found it helpful because it gave a clearer explanation of Baye’s theorem thanthe book. It was a helpful study tool but other than that would not be very useful.
Review 2:
http://www.sparknotes.com/psychology/psych101/languageandcognition/section6.rhtml
This is one of Jessica Boyle’s sites from chapter 8. It was really helpful for studying for this test because it gives simple definitions of things that the book does not clearly explain. It’s a good site for simple understanding.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Review #1
I reviewed Kelly Ford’s site on Framing Effects.
It is a good site and helps that you can click on links, that way you can focus on what you need more info. on and not read a bunch of extra.
http://epse501.freeservers.com/index.html
Review #2
I reviewed Christie Cates’s site on the Wason Selection Task. This site had some good information, had a basic overview. It did not go into extreme depth but just enough to understand the topic.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O87-Wasonselectiontask.html
November 20th, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Review # 1
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/dedind.htm
I reviewed Glenda Batista’s site and I found it to be very simple and understandable but also very informative at the same time, It makes it easy to learn the differences between inductive and deductive reasoning.
Review # 2
http://www.ncacasi.org/jsi/2000v1i2/problem_solv_2
Daniel Covington’s website explains the differences involved in decision making and problem solving, along with various processes and steps to achieve these solutions; something I could definitely see using in writing a paper.
November 20th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
chapter 8
i reviewed daniel covington’s link http://www.ncacasi.org/jsi/2000v1i2/problem_solv_2
this website provides various examples of problem solving, many of which are covered in the book. i would suggest it as a study review or even for review for the final.
chapter 10
i reviewed andey wood’s link http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/questionCorner/deductive.html
the website is a little bit shorter than some of the others, but it is a great reference as a quick review of the differences between deductive and inductive reasoning. if you are weak on these concepts, check out this website.
matt strever
November 20th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Review #1: http://www.overbooked.org/mentalsets.html
I found this site to be helpful in clarifying some points not clearly demonstrated in class or in the text. It is a good and applicable site.
Review #2::
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O87Wasonselectiontask.html
I thought this site simplified the Wason research process. Thanks to the site, I now have a greater understanding of this process. It is definately worth a visit..