Cognitive Psychology: Week 1: Introduction

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When did Cognitive Psychology emerge?
1950's
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What type of processing is the 'information processing approach?'
Bottom-up processing and Serial Processing
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What are the steps in information processing approach?
1) Input stimulus, (2) Attention and Perception, (3) Thoughts and decisions, (4) Response Output
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What study is an example of parallel processing?
Stroop Effect
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What is the Stroop effect?
It measures a person's selective attention capacity and skills, as well as their processing speed ability through words and colours.
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Whom invented the Stroop effect?
John Ridley Stroop
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What is cognitive psychology?
Aiming to understand human cognition by observing the behaviour of people performing various cognitive tasks.
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What is cognitive neuroscience?
Using information about behaviour and the brain to understand human cognition.
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What are the 4 main approaches to human cognition?
1) Cognitive Psychology, (2) Cognitive neuropsychology, (3) Cognitive Neuroscience, (4) Computational cognitive science
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What is Bottom-up Processing?
Processing that is directly influenced by environmental stimuli.
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What is serial processing?
One process is completed before the next one starts.
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What is parallel processing?
Processing in which two or more cognitive processors occur at the same time.
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What is top-down processing?
Stimulus processing that is influenced by factors such as an individuals past experiences.
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