Cognitive Definitions

Question 1

Social Cognition

Answer 1

the emphasis on the cognitive processing of information about other people and social situations

Question 2

Cognitive Psychology

Answer 2

an approach that aims to understand human cognition by the study of beaviour

Question 3

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 3

an approach that aims to study human behaviour with a combination of behaviour and the brain

Question 4

Bottom up processing

Answer 4

processing directly influenced by environmental stimuli

Question 5

Serial Processing

Answer 5

processing in which one process is completed before another begins

Question 6

Top down processing

Answer 6

stimulus processing that is influenced by an individuals past experiences and expectations

Question 7

Parallel processing

Answer 7

when two or more cognitive processes occur at the same time as eachother

Question 8

Cascade processing

Answer 8

later processes begin before previous processes have been completed when performing a task

Question 9

Ecological Validity

Answer 9

ability to relate findings to everday situations and behaviours

Question 10

Implacable researcher

Answer 10

When experimentars behaviour is uninfluenced by participants behaviour