PS260- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 199 pages long!)
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Introduction to cognitive psychology: structure/representation vs process, definition of cognition, the cognition-performance distinction, history of cognition, greeks: perception vs thought, germans: studying the mind, americans: structuralism, functionalism and behaviourism, modern influences. Quote of the day (cid:862)i hear, i k(cid:374)ow, i see, i re(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er, i do, i u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d. (cid:863) Dictionary definition: knowledge from personal view or experience; perception; a thing known. Cognitive psychology: the study of skills and knoweldge how they are acquired, stored, transformed, and used. Definition of cognitive psychology (cid:862)psy(cid:272)hology is the s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal life, (cid:271)oth of its phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)a a(cid:374)d their (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s. (cid:863: william james (1890, the principle of psychology. Cognition refers to all processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered and used. Cognitive psychology has greatly influenced other disciplines such as: developmental psychology, educational psychology, social psychology (e. g. , social cognition, applied psychology (e. g. , eyewitness testimony)
