PSYC 3301 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 notes, introductions to termonlogigy
17 Apr 2018
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Introduction to cognitive psychology: cognitive psychology: study of the human mind and mental activity (i. e. how we reason, decide, produce and comprehend language etc. ) Describes acquisition, storage, transformation and use of knowledge. Interest in representations and processes: mental representation: physical state that conveys info, specifying an object, event, or category or its characteristics; serves to store info. Form means by which info is conveyed (e. g. visual, auditory) Content meaning of what is being conveyed. Serial processing specific sequence of steps, where each step"s sequence depends on the previous step: starting a car and driving to uh is sequential. Age, gender, ethnicity, socio-economical status are not considered in pure cognitive psychology studies. Researchers typically study healthy normal adults (i. e. above 18 and under. Neuroscience: to understand how the brain works. Philosophy: to understand the limits of our theories. Linguistics: to understand the structure of language. Anthropology: to help separate characteristics of the mind from characteristics of culture.
