PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Three-Phase Electric Power, Cerebral Cortex, Immanuel Kant
8 Mar 2016
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Immanuel kant- work backward from observed effects to infer their causes- factory analogy. External verification: i. e. , other researchers, openness of methods etc. Input > sensory registers: -> stm: < -> ltm visual/ auditory (response) Measure: reaction time (donders); accuracy (ebbinghaus); verbal protocol- verbalize thoughts; neurocognitive measures- fmei, erp, pet. Process model: hypothesis about the specific mental processes that take place when a specific task is performed. Input > encode > search > decision > response (sequential non-overlapping stages) Metatheory: theoretical framework consisting of the assumptions made by practitioners of a science that guide their research activities. Where to start what to look for and what to beware of. Information-processing approach: cognition is seen as the coordinated operation of active mental processes within a multi-component memory system. Seven themes of cognition: i: data-driven vs. conceptually driving processing iv) representation v) implicit vs. explicit attention ii) automatic vs. conscious processing memory vi) metacognition vii) brain.
