PSYC 2400H Study Guide - Final Guide: Depth Perception, Episodic Memory, Cue Card
2 Feb 2018
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Format: multiple choice, 40-50, 1/3 fact, 1/3 application of it, 1/3 from lecture/seminar info, definitions & example, 10 (pick 10 of?, short answer, choose five of six, allowed one cue card, double sided. Cognition: two components, creates representations of the world for survival/adaptation/goals, creates and controls mental functions, such as perception, attention, memory, emotion, language, decisions, thinking, reasoning. Cognitive psychology: the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind, came from philosophy and physiology. The beginning of psychophysics: studying cognition relies on making inferences, must look at visible consequences from invisible causes. Donder (ophthalmologist: physiological limits of perception, judgement, decision making, reaction time studies. Introspection: the problem attempting objectivity with subjective experience, problem of replication, testability, the behaviorism revolution . Absolute thresholds: the lowest level of stimulus (light, taste, scent etc. ) an organism can detect. Brief psychology history: pavlov, classical conditioning, thorndyke, contingencies-reinforcement, watson, skinner, remove references of the mind , radical behaviourism.
