PSY BEH 192T Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Noam Chomsky, Cognitive Architecture, Cognitive Revolution
4 Oct 2016
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Several events contribute to the end of the behavioral era. Research by linguist on the nature of language- evidence against the behaviorist strongly environmental perspective, e. g. noam chomsky. Most sentences are new, so cant explain comprehension with s_r association. Learn language by abstracting general rules of grammar. The complexity of language is built into our brain, runs on rules and principles (syntax and grammar) Emergence of computers- provided a credible metaphor for how human information processing might work. Cognition can be divided into numerous mental processes- growing interest in the underlying mechanism and cognitive architecture. George miller- short term memory capacity- the magical number seven plus or minus two. Donald broadbent- perception and communication; limited capacity, filtering, serial processing. Schemata-direct perception and attention, permit comprehension and guide thinking. When and how frequently we study the info. The context in which we learn compared to when we retrieve the information.
