PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Artificial Neural Network, Connectionism, Freudian Slip
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Cognitive psychology: scientific study of the processes and products of the human mind: three pieces we can examine in a person. Absorbing (sensation, what exists in the world) Processing (cid:894)(cid:271)rai(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)terpretatio(cid:374) of the sensation: perception, computations, integrations) Cognitive resources are limited (you cannot pay attention to everything all at once) Cognition is important for functioning well in the world: variability. There are within-subject differences in cognitive functioning (ex. There are between subject differences in cognitive functioning: flexibility. Cognitive abilities often change, for better or worse, with development or dysfunction. Many cognitive abilities are malleable, at least to some extent. Method of inquiry: introspection (structuralism: taking complex phenomenon and breaking it down to try to understand it, key limitations. Retrie(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a (cid:373)e(cid:373)or(cid:455): (cid:862)(cid:449)a(cid:374)t to re(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er it, a(cid:374)d (cid:374)o(cid:449) i do(cid:863)(cid:895) The end product, not the process (you know what to think about, but not how to think it) Method of inquiry: freudian theory: the unconscious mind.
