Psychology 2135A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Automaticity, Cognitive Load, Bigram

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: John Paul Minda

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Psych 2135 textbook notes midterm 1 chapters 1-5. Cognitive psych: scientific study of the acquisition, retention and use of knowledge. The broad role for memory: relevance of cognitive psych is broad b/c actions, thoughts and feelings depend on knowledge, many encounters with the world depend on supplementing your experience with knowledge that you bring to the situation. Huge shift in research style: new style indented for studying problems we already met including decision making and memory. The limits of introspection: cog revolution centered around a few ideas, 1. The science of psych cannot study mental world directly: 2. Introspectors must be meticulously trained: limitations noticed after a few years of research, many thoughts are unconscious therefore limited as a research tool, must be able to test claims of research. Research in cognitive psychology: the diversity of methods. If they get it right, increase the sequence. Repeat until they get it wrong: generally 7/8 is average.