Introduction to Cognitive Psychology 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCognitive PsychologyUniversityAll boards Created by: meg_louCreated on: 10-04-17 11:35 What are the three methods used in cognitive psychology? Controlled experiments, patient evidence, brain imaging 1 of 16 What part of cognitive psychology is involved with controlled experiments? Experimental cognitive psychology 2 of 16 hat part of cognitive psychology is involved with patient evidence? Cognitive neuropsychology 3 of 16 hat part of cognitive psychology is involved with brain imaging? Cognitive neuroscience 4 of 16 What is the information processing approach (IPA)? Technology used as an analogy for the mind 5 of 16 What is a disadvantage of the IPA? A computer does not possess meaning 6 of 16 What is bottom-up processing? Processing directly affected by the stimulus 7 of 16 What is top-down processing? rocessing influenced by the individual's knowledge and experience 8 of 16 How have views changed of the human mind from the IPA? Acknowledge it is capable of more than information processing 9 of 16 What is task impurity? Task relies on a mixture of cognitive processess, making interpretation difficult 10 of 16 What is task specificity? Results do not generalise to other experiments looking at the same thing 11 of 16 What is the aim of cognitive neuroscience? To observe which areas of the brain are active during cognitive tasks 12 of 16 Was the brain region for processing non-living and living things different in Devlin et al. (2000)? No difference in the brain regions 13 of 16 What is cognitive neuropsychology? Assessing performance on cognitive tasks in patients with brain trauma 14 of 16 What is different between non-living and living things? Represented differently in the brain 15 of 16 What is a disadvantage of cognitive neuropsychology? Brain damage could extend beyond areas in question 16 of 16
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