PSYC1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hindsight Bias, Confirmation Bias, Chronometry

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC1002
• Professor: Caleb Owens

Document Summary

Behaviourism: rejected internal mental structures, no thought processes, only be able to observe stimulus and responses, its an objective view. The role of technology: computers take in and manipulate information. Mental chronometry: methods of measuring the speed and organisation of mental processes, compare behaviour in 2 tasks that differ in only one mental processes, e. g. simple vs. choice reaction time. Simple reaction time: press any button for light. Choice reaction time: press one button to red light and another to green. Cognitive psychology: what humans can do: parallel self terminating search, serial self terminating search, serial exhaustive search. Introspective data do no provide valid insight into the determinants of cognition: some cognitive processes occur without any conscious awareness or control, therefor not available for introspection.