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This is an open-educational resource for PSYC 2530 Introductory Cognitive Psychology course at Brooklyn College of CUNY, taught by Matthew Crump. It provides free access to the syllabus, textbook, learning modules, slides, and other resources under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.