Cognitive
Psychology: Key
Concepts,
Historical
Paradigms, and
Research Methods
| Study Guide
, What is cognition? The mental process or faculty by which
knowledge is acquired.
List some basic human abilities Attention, perception, pattern recognition,
studied in cognitive psychology. memory, knowledge representation,
language, reasoning, problem solving,
decision making.
What philosophical perspective Empiricism.
emphasizes experience in
cognition?
Psychology: Key
Concepts,
Historical
Paradigms, and
Research Methods
| Study Guide
, What is cognition? The mental process or faculty by which
knowledge is acquired.
List some basic human abilities Attention, perception, pattern recognition,
studied in cognitive psychology. memory, knowledge representation,
language, reasoning, problem solving,
decision making.
What philosophical perspective Empiricism.
emphasizes experience in
cognition?
