PSYC 317 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Working Memory, Semantic Memory
20 Nov 2018
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Perception; how people perceive and process information, attention; how attention is shifted from one place to another, language; how it is processed, memory, learning, reasoning, decision making: example: sarah is walking across campus. She stops for a moment to talk with a friend about the (cid:373)o(cid:448)ie the(cid:455) sa(cid:449) last (cid:374)ight. He (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t talk for lo(cid:374)g (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause she has a(cid:374) appoi(cid:374)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)t to pla(cid:374) her schedule for next term, so she says good-(cid:271)(cid:455)e a(cid:374)d heads off to(cid:449)ard her ad(cid:448)isor"s offi(cid:272)e. Perception: has to know where she is, and where she is going. Attention: has to pay attention to what her friend is saying, has to pay attention to the time. Memory: has to remember her friend, the movie they saw. Decision making: has to decide whether to keep talking to her friend, or go to her appointment: challenge of cognitive psychology. Application of common sense to cognitive phenomena: not sure if good at psychology, or just have common sense.
