Teaching Tools: Cognition, Memory & Learning

COGNITION, MEMORY AND LEARNING
Puzzle Boxes Spot It Game SIMON Oculus Quest 2 Classical Conditioning Poster Operant Conditioning Poster

Wooden puzzle box

Spot It Game

 Electronic Simon Memory Game

image of Oculus virtual reality headset

 Classical Conditioning PSY101 Poster Operant Conditioning PSY101 Poster
Description: Wooden puzzle boxes to dis-assemble and re-assemble. 50+ pieces. Takes between 45 and 90 minutes to take apart. Description: Quick Card game for two to five players. Players attempt to match and name pictures. Takes two minutes to set up and five minutes or less to play. Description: Electronic memory game that primarily tests STM processes. One-to-four players. One minute to set up. Single game can take anywhere from 30 seconds to two minutes. Description: An advanced, virtual reality (VR) headset designed to immerse

learners in immersive experiences. Oculus kit includes headset, hand controllers and charging cable. Five minutes to set up.

 Description: Poster depicting the formula for Pavlov's classical conditioning.

Description: Poster depicting the concept of Skinner's operant conditioning.

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Teaching Suggestions: Send your students to the PIRC to complete a puzzle-box challenge. Works well if students work in teams. Have students submit a brief paper discussing how the puzzle-box challenge relates to problem solving strategies and barriers, visualization, STM, LTM, delayed gratification, language, social facilitation, etc. Teaching Suggestions: Begin class with activity. Discuss how activity relates to visual/verbal processes in STM, dual-coding, association areas of brain, components of language, etc. Teaching Suggestions: Best use with one player. Use to highlight STM capacity and duration, as well as working memory processes. Discuss differences between LTM and STM storage of information. Teaching Suggestions: Teaching Suggestions: Give students an example scenario and have them identify which elements apply to the different parts of the formula. Teaching Suggestions: Give students an example scenario and have them identify which category it applies to.

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DOCUMENT: Instructions To Reset Puzzle Boxes

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VIDEO: How To Play Spot It!

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DOCUMENT: User Manual For Simon Game

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Checkout Instructions: Faculty and Students may checkout at front desk. Puzzle boxes CANNOT leave PIRC. Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may check out but NOT take outside of PIRC. Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may check out but NOT take outside of PIRC. Checkout Instructions: Checkout at front desk. Instructors may take outside of PIRC. Students may check out but NOT take outside of PIRC.