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Course name
Cognitive Psychology
Institution
BYUIdaho
Instructor
Jon Skalski
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Cognitive psychology
Course dates
2019-09-16 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-12-18 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
48


This course is an introduction to theories and research in cognitive psychology including such topics as perception and sensation, attention and consciousness, memory, language, problem-solving and decision making.

Student Assigned Reviewing
GreatBrittian16 Christian counseling, Subjective validation
Jsteph98 Synesthesia, Automatic and controlled processes
Christopherson94 Sex differences in memory
Pfisher0728 Psychic apparatus
Joeacker95 Affect heuristic
Cranein Long-term memory, Cognitive dissonance, Collective memory
Wartainian Attribution (psychology), Positive psychology, Mindset
Noaddrag Self-propaganda
Carose2001 Self-propaganda
Meadair Police lineup
Cat.R.Leo Auditory hallucination
Curryl Cognitive module, Cognitive behavioral training, Trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, Cognitive therapies for dementia, Study skills, Testing effect, Episodic memory, Spacing effect, Echoic memory, Self-propaganda, Redintegration
Sabrina2020 Cognitive dissonance, Cognitive-experiential self-theory, Sex differences in cognition, Perseverative cognition
Jbarnesatm Cognitive social structures, Social network analysis, Similarity (Psychology)
Redspaniard Memory
Haleyricks Memory and social interactions, Verbal overshadowing, Encoding specificity principle
Hsandall Forgetting
JamesLJungkull Mental block
Ssierra6 Allegiance bias
Nigelmh Problem solving, Creative problem-solving, A3 problem solving, Social problem-solving, Cognitive shift
Evansalexawiki Disjunctive cognition, Affect (psychology), B. F. Skinner, Consulting psychology
LeahIvie77 Heuristics in judgment and decision-making, Talk:Authoritarian personality
Cbladh1 Affect (psychology)
Eeichmann139 Sex differences in memory
Jhatch22 Episodic memory
MarKelly94 Large scale brain networks
LukeMarkham Liking gap, Chameleon effect, Memory augmentation, Mirroring (psychology), Social mirror theory, John Bargh, First impression (psychology)
Robinfiehcsim Donald Broadbent
Jybarra23 Analytical skill, Arbitrary inference, Cognitive elite, Delboeuf illusion, Concreteness training
Arnoldo FC Cognitive module, Priming (psychology), Motion perception, Kindness priming (psychology)
Trentlaw107 Memory and social interactions, Verbal language in dreams, Childhood memory, Positivity offset
Westernvillage Creativity and mental health, Psychic apparatus, Positive illusions
Westonfr Gestalt psychology, Fuzzy-trace theory
Nicholasemmett123 Attribution (psychology)
Carys Bratt Amnesia
Shealyn99 Zero-defects mentality
Jknight1020 Cognitive polyphasia, Divergent thinking, Lateral thinking
Brandi.Loyd Explicit memory, Sensory memory Explicit memory
Rbgardiner Elaborative encoding, Professional abuse
Sblair16
Toridel Bobo doll experiment, Psyche (psychology)
Amerenda95 Mental chronometry, Backward inhibition
NDLitster Memory and aging
LaceyElizabeth Dementia, Cognitive therapies for dementia
Tsweatherston

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 September 2019   |   Thursday, 26 September 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 1 October 2019   |   Thursday, 3 October 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 8 October 2019   |   Thursday, 10 October 2019
Assignment - Choose possible topics

Exercise

Choose a topic

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 15 October 2019   |   Thursday, 17 October 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 October 2019   |   Thursday, 24 October 2019
Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Psychology

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 October 2019   |   Thursday, 31 October 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 November 2019   |   Thursday, 7 November 2019
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:

  • Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
  • Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 November 2019   |   Thursday, 14 November 2019
Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the "mainspace."

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 November 2019   |   Thursday, 21 November 2019
Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Assignment - Polish your work

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 November 2019   |   Thursday, 28 November 2019
Assignment - Final article

It's the final week to develop your article.

  • Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
  • Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 December 2019   |   Thursday, 5 December 2019
Milestones

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.