Psychology 2135A/B Midterm: Midterm review

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Marcie Penner- Wilger

Document Summary

**ch. 2 isnt on exam: define cognitive science, interdisciplinary study of the mind, collaborative science, common quest to understand the mind. In class activity with the black box experiment) The allegory of the interstellar dingus: behaviour. The allegory of the interstellar dingus (story) Each a substance impregnable and opaque with sensors. Just like brain regions and humans: how breakdowns can illuminate the mind. Experimental manipulation: how time can illuminate the mind. Visual illusions: response times (counting experiment in class with addends) Looking at a screen with dots test (counting how many dots: cognitive complexity and necessity of bias. Systematic errors: heuristics - lead to systematic errors (bias, explain the challenge of cognitive science, can"t directly study the mind, study behaviour** Indirect methods: define introspection and explain why introspection does/doesn"t solve the challenge of cognitive science, introspection: the examination or observation of one"s own mental and emotional experiences (study of conscious experiences)