Chapter 1 - Foundations of Cognition Psychology

Question 1

What is cognitive psycholgy?

Answer 1

• scientific study of how the mind encodes, stores, and uses info

Question 2

Introspection

Answer 2

Wundt - focus on ones own conscious thoughts and experiences

Question 3

Criticisms of introspection

Answer 3

• unreliable - we are not the best observers of our thoughts
• some may be more introspective than others
• we do not have access to unconscious thoughts
• not scientific

Question 4

Behaviorism

Answer 4

Watson and Pavlov - focuses on observable behaviour

Question 5

Criticisms of behaviourism

Answer 5

• we cannot ignore mental events

Question 6

Transcendental Method

Answer 6

reason backward from observations to determine the cause

Question 7

Contributions to the cognitive revolution

Answer 7

• Noam Chomsky - innate language development (Skinner criticism)
• Tolman - reinforcement is not required for learning
• Claude Shannon - processing info can be done without the actual content of a message
• Miller - 7+-2 info people can store
• Broadbent - filter model of attention

Question 8

Mind as IP

Answer 8

• both external and internal sources affect ones mental life
• IP can explain mental representations (what your brain interprets or processes)

Question 9

Encoding, Storing, and Using

Answer 9

Encode -we are selective to what we can encode to due our limit of attention
Store – storing false memory
Use – using the information you’ve encoded and stored to get to this decision

Question 10

Research

Answer 10

• hypothesis
• derive predictions
• collect data to test prediction
• confirm hypothesis or reject