PSYCH 315 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wilhelm Wundt, Basal Ganglia, Auditory Cortex
12 Dec 2012
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Chapter 1 learning objectives: how the brain gives rise to the mind. Explain who was involved in the early evolution of cognitive psychology, from philosophy to introspection to behaviorism (pp. Mental activity can be broken down into more basic operations. Internal perception: looking within oneself to assess one"s mental activity. Mental images do not always accompany mental activity. Certain practices are better suited than others to accomplishing certain tasks; we should change our thoughts and behavior as we discover those that are better adapted to our environment. Focus on immediately observable: stimuli, responses, and the consequences of those responses. Propose internal events that are inferred directly from behavior. Reject absolutely all discussion of internal events. Understand how and why the cognitive movement was predicated upon computers (pp. The cognitive revolution sought to specify the internal mechanisms that produce behavior. Developed new methods to test predictions from computational methods. Various degrees of abstraction we can use to describe an object.
