Journal Club meets the first Friday of each month to discuss an article selected by members of the SEPC. We meet in the 1515 psych commons area, shortly after noon (about 12:15) until just before 1:00.
Students are encouraged to read the article prior to attending.
Pizza and other snacks are provided. Sign up in your classes! Please help us conserve resources—only sign up for pizza if you are sure you can attend.
Any questions, please contact ralstonc@grinnell.edu.
May 3, 2013
Sign up in your classes! This month's paper is:
Fazio, L., Barber, S., Rajaram, S. Ornstein, P., Marsh, E.. (2013). Creating illusions of knowledge: Learning errors that contradict prior knowledge. . Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 142, 1-5
The atlantic is the largest Ocean and Franklin invented the light bulb. Seems wrong to you? In their study the researchers investigated to what extent knowledge can be manipulated, even when the participants know better. Does knowledge protect you from making errors? Or can you be made believe things you know to be wrong?
The Sign-up sheet and copies of the article will be available on the bulletin board outside Noyce 1302.
(A copy of the article also can be obtained directly from PsycInfo).
