PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Piggy Bank, Immanuel Kant, Cognitive Psychology
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The word cognition is derived from the latin word cognoscere, meaning to know or. Cognition is therefore the activities and processes concerned with the acquisition, storage, retrieval and processing of knowledge. It is the scientific study of how the mind works. Cognitive psychology deals with how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information. Cognitive psychology [is] the study of processes underlying mental events . Cognition the collection of mental processes and activities used in perceiving, learning, remembering, thinking, and understanding, and the act of using those processes . There is activity, not a passive series of events, but things we are actively involved in. Short term memory: working memory- something that"s currently being activated. Things which cognitive psychologists may seek to explain. What processes are involved in planning a novel route through familiar terrain: (e. g. how do i get from utsc to st. george via ttc) There is nothing wrong with the structure of the sentence.
