PSYC 3330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hermann Ebbinghaus, Pseudoword, Iconic Memory
31 Mar 2016
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Studies have shown that densely amnesic patients can repeat back a telephone number, suggesting persevered immediate memory, and that they can learn motor skills at a normal rate. Clark hall: learning behavior of white rats modeled on the examples set by isaac newton. Edward tolman: hull"s rival, thought of rats as forming cognitive maps , internal representations of their environment that were acquired as a result of active exploration. Theories are essentially like maps they summarize out knowledge in a single structured way that helps us to understand what is known. Reductionism holds the view that all scientific explanations should aim to be based on a lower level of analysis: psychology in terms of physiology, physiology in terms of chemistry, and chemistry in terms of physics. Ayer illustrates the limitation of a purely philosophical approach to the understanding of memory, and to mind in general its reliance on introspection, the capacity to reflect and report out on-going thoughts.
