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Psy 252 Exam #3 Study Guide
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Cognition
~~> mental activity that includes the perception, acquisition, storage,
transformation, and use of information
Cognitive Psychology
~~> theoretical approach to psychology that focuses on studying individuals
thought process and knowledge
Cognitive Science
~~> interdisciplinary field that examines questions of the mind, focus on
internal representations of external world
Why learn about cognition?
~~> Occupies a major portion of human psychology, widespread influence
on other areas, in psychology and beyond, cog psych proves an owners
manual for your mind
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Cognitive Processes- Active vs. Passive
~~> behaviorists-humans stimulus response, wait for stimulus. Cognitive
approach, we seek out information. Brain isn't a sponge. Brain is synthesizing
and transforming information.
Cognitive Processes- Efficiency & Accuracy
~~> Memory ability is not perfect but remarkable. Language development.
Cognitive Processes- interrelated
~~> making decisions requires perception, memory, general knowledge,
language
Cognitive Processes- Bottom up and top down processing
~~> Botton up: emphasizes stimulus characteristics, perceive elements by
starting with smaller more fine details, build upward, not influenced by other
items.
Wilhelm Wundt
~~> introspection
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William James
~~> principles of psychology, observations of his own mind, tip of the tongue
phenomenon
Ebbinghaus
~~> memory
Mary Whiton Calkings
~~> recency effect
Behaviorism- Watson
~~>
Behaviorism- Skinner
~~>
Behaviorism- operational definition
~~> specifically how something is measured/ defined
The Gestalt Approach
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~~> gestalt psychology, insight
Factors Contributing to the Rise of Cognitive Psychology
~~> -dissapointment with behaviorist approach
-linguistics; Noam Chomsky
-Human Memory research
-Childrens thought processes; Jean Piaget
The Information-Processing Approach
~~> -mental processes are similar to the operations of a computer
-info progresses through the cognitive system in a series of stages, one step at
a time
Atkinson-Shiffrin model
~~> -sensory memory
-short term memory (working mem)
-long term memory (
The current Status of Cognitive Psychology
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Psy 252 Exam #3 Study Guide
Questions and Answer | Latest
Update 2024/2025
Cognition
~~> mental activity that includes the perception, acquisition, storage,
transformation, and use of information
Cognitive Psychology
~~> theoretical approach to psychology that focuses on studying individuals
thought process and knowledge
Cognitive Science
~~> interdisciplinary field that examines questions of the mind, focus on
internal representations of external world
Why learn about cognition?
~~> Occupies a major portion of human psychology, widespread influence
on other areas, in psychology and beyond, cog psych proves an owners
manual for your mind
Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update
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Cognitive Processes- Active vs. Passive
~~> behaviorists-humans stimulus response, wait for stimulus. Cognitive
approach, we seek out information. Brain isn't a sponge. Brain is synthesizing
and transforming information.
Cognitive Processes- Efficiency & Accuracy
~~> Memory ability is not perfect but remarkable. Language development.
Cognitive Processes- interrelated
~~> making decisions requires perception, memory, general knowledge,
language
Cognitive Processes- Bottom up and top down processing
~~> Botton up: emphasizes stimulus characteristics, perceive elements by
starting with smaller more fine details, build upward, not influenced by other
items.
Wilhelm Wundt
~~> introspection
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William James
~~> principles of psychology, observations of his own mind, tip of the tongue
phenomenon
Ebbinghaus
~~> memory
Mary Whiton Calkings
~~> recency effect
Behaviorism- Watson
~~>
Behaviorism- Skinner
~~>
Behaviorism- operational definition
~~> specifically how something is measured/ defined
The Gestalt Approach
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~~> gestalt psychology, insight
Factors Contributing to the Rise of Cognitive Psychology
~~> -dissapointment with behaviorist approach
-linguistics; Noam Chomsky
-Human Memory research
-Childrens thought processes; Jean Piaget
The Information-Processing Approach
~~> -mental processes are similar to the operations of a computer
-info progresses through the cognitive system in a series of stages, one step at
a time
Atkinson-Shiffrin model
~~> -sensory memory
-short term memory (working mem)
-long term memory (
The current Status of Cognitive Psychology
Master01 | September, 2024/2025 | Latest update
