PSYCH 2H03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Iceberg, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Revolution
3 Mar 2020
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The illusion of the expert" theme : we are led to believe that because things come esay to us, we are doing it very well. But this is not the case with everything. Cognitive psychology: interested in the underlying processes that give rise to our thoughts and behaviors. What we see is not necessarily what is out there in the real world. Memories are both fallible and malleable how the acquisition and retrieval of information are interactive processes how we make decisions in everyday life, relying on both rules and rules of thumb" (i. e. heuristics) foundations: Much more complex than we are aware of. Goal of cog psychologist = making the invisible (unconscious) visible. How we take in the world / make sense of it / interact with it: ex: how we transduce chemical energy into meaningful signals. Introspection: behaviorism, the cognitive revolution, the computer metaphor of mind. Wundt (1832-1920) and titchener (18667-1928) first people to study cognitive psychology.
