Cognitive Psychology Flashcards

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Gestalt Psychology rejected…

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Bundle Hypothesis
(objects of consciousness are made up of fixed atomic elements)

Constancy Hypothesis
(conscious sensory objects responds to stimulation on a sensory organ)

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Name 2 of Gestalt’s principles:

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Law of Phi and Beta (apparent motion)

Law of Pragnanz (we are driven to experience things in order/ simple fashion)

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What type of processing is suggested when processing perceptual stimuli?

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Top-Down Processing

as our minds fill in black sections of a circle indicating we have background knowledge that influences how we perceive environmental info

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What did Chomsky argue against Skinner about language acquisition?

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He argued that we acquire language through a device equipped with universal grammar
(not via operant conditioning)

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Weiner invented Cybernetics.
Explain this

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Cybernetics are mathmatical tools used to describe systems of feedback, communication and control:

Negative feedback mechanisms (thermostat)

Important for info processing.

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What are the reasons Chomsky argued we acquire language differently rather than operant conditioning?

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Flexibility of language means reducing it down to conditioning= little predictive value

Required a rule based, combinatorial system

Imitation is a poor basis for language –
children misapply abstract rules/ make mistakes

Innate contribution

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Miller’s Magic Seven argued we can hold ( ) pieces of information in our STM?

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7 (+/- 2)

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What term is used to describe an increase in capacity from processing chunks of information?

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Chunking

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The Cognitive Revolution:
Limitations

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Not all behaviourists rejected cognitive processes
Behaviourism did change psychology
Behaviourism still exists

Maybe there is an evolution in psychology?

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