PSY270H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Operant Conditioning, Cognitive Neuroscience, Emergence

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY270H1
• Professor: Michael Souza

Document Summary

There are lots of different angles you can take on psychology. We talk about cognition all of the time! Dull" to average" to bright" to genius" having wisdom, being the go to person. Raise your left hand if the statement is true -or- raise your right hand if the statement is false. Recognize and understand the words comprehend the meaning of the sentence. Informing best practices for learning in the classroom for students. Mapping developmental trajectories and learning how to speed people along . Resisting the subtle changes that typically accompany aging (or slowing the progression of less subtle, pathological changes) Cognitive psychology: the scientific study of mental processes. The questions mentioned on the last slide are all important areas of study in cognitive psychology. Cognitive neuroscience: focused on the biology of the mind; that is, localizing the workings of the mind to the functions of the brain.