PSYCH207 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Noam Chomsky, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
19 Sep 2013
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The central issues addressed involve the nature of mind and cognition and how information is acquired, stored, and represented. computer metaphor the basis for the information-processing view of the brain. Different types of psychological processes are thought to be analogous to the workings of a computer processor. connectionism an approach to cognition emphasizing parallel processing of information through immense networks of interconnected nodes. Typically, this involves manipulating independent variables and holding constant all factors but the one(s) of interest. functionalism a school of psychology emphasizing questions such as why the mind or a particular cognitive process works the way(s) it does. Gestalt psychology a school of psychology emphasizing the study of whole entities rather than simple elements. Reasoning is often seen as a special kind of thinking. recall the retrieval of information in which the processor must generate most of the information without aids.
