PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Folk Psychology, Computer Data Storage, Information Theory
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Channel capacity: the maximum amount of information that can be. Introspection: (cid:498)looking inward(cid:499) to observe one"s own thoughts and feelings. Primary memory: what we are aware of in the (cid:498)immediately present moment(cid:499). Often termed (cid:498)immediate memory(cid:499) or (cid:498)short-term memory(cid:499) indefinitely, and is absent from awareness; also called (cid:498)long-term memory(cid:499) Secondary memory: knowledge acquired at an earlier time that is stored. Brown-peterson task: an experimental paradigm in which subjects are given a set of items and then a number. Subjects immediately begin counting backward by threes form the number and, after a specific interval, are asked to recall the original items. Folk psychology: an umbrella term for various assumption and theories based on the everyday behaviour of ourselves and others observer. Stimulus: an entity in the external environment that can perceived by an. Bit: short for (cid:498)binary digit(cid:499); the most basic unit of information. Every event that occurs in a situation with two equally likely outcomes provide on (cid:498)bit(cid:499) of information.
