PSYC 1000 Chapter 27-28: Module 27 and 28

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

Recall: a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill- in-the-blank test. When we access our memories we filter or fill in parts to make our memories more consistent. Question of the detective when te two cares violently hit each other? vs. when a collision. Incorporating misleading information in the memory of an event occurred? . Cognition: all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing remembering, and communicating. We think about concepts which are mental gorupings of similar objects, events states, ideas, and/or people. Concept: a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas or people. Prototype: a mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to a prototype provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories. Algorithm: a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrast with the usually speedier-but also more error prone-use of heuristics.