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Cogantive Psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
09/03/2009

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Goldstien's description of Sarah
Definition
Although what sarah was doing seemed simple, the processes of interpreting were actually complex
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Mental Chronometry
Definition
Measuring the time-course of mental processes. How long a mental process takes
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Donders contribution
Definition
Mental responses such as decision making cannot be measured, they have to be inferred
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Simple reaction time
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When presented a stimulus how long it takes to respond. I.E. presented a light, hit a button
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Choice reaction time
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How long it takes to respond to a stimulus when making a choice. I.E. Light on left or right side, pick button to press
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Helmholtz unconscious inference
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Some of our perceptions are the result of unconscious assumptions that we make about the environment based on our past experience in similar situations
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Ebbinghus-Syllables
Definition
Memorized lists of nonsense syllables and measured how long it took him to relearn. Measured relearning time. Provided a way to quantify memory.
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Wundt
Definition
Founded first lab
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Introspection
Definition
Presenting a stimulus to someone and having them describe their feelings and thoughts about it.
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John Watson
Definition
Began behaviorism. Psychology should focus only on observable behaviors
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Skinner-operant conditioning
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Strengthened by positive and negative reinforcement
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Skinner's book "Verbal Behavior"
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Children learn language by imitation and reinforcement.
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Chomsky-language
Definition
Theorized that language is an inborn biological program rather than imitation and reinforcement
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Breland and Breland-B&B Raccoon
Definition
Tried to traina raccoon to drop coins in a piggy bank. Raccoon rubbed coins together. Discovered that biology can interfere with conditioning.
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Donald Broadbent-(broadband Computers+mind)
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first to describe the mind as thinking in stages much like a computer does.
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Goldstien-revolution
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no cognitive revolution...rather gradual change
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Divachi-Describe words
Definition
Some described word with an image, some spelled back words. Words paired with image remembered better.
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Perirhinal cortex
Definition
Place where memory is largely processed
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Gauthier and his Greebles
Definition
Determined that over time people can learn to recognize abnormal, yet similar faces with enough training. And reduced brain activity when looking at normal faces.
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Cognative Science
Definition
Multidisciplinary approach to the mind
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Three structures of neurons Include
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Dendrite, Cell body, and axon
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Transduction
Definition
Transformation of one form of energy to another
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Increase to intensity of stimulus does what
Definition
Increases rate of firing
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Where are neurotransmitters stored
Definition
Synaptic vesicles in the axon terminal
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Neural Processing
Definition
Interaction of a number of neurons that cause a target neuron or group of neurons to respond to specific stimuli.
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Neural circuit
Definition
Group of neurons that synapse together
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Frontal lobe
Definition
Thought, impulse control, attention, decision-making, memory, motor functioning, language production
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Temporal lobe
Definition
Hearing, memory(new memory), Language, vision(identify objects)
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Parietal lobe
Definition
Detect touch and pain, location of objects and body parts(spacial awareness)
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Amygdala
Definition
Emotions,build memories with emotional events
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Hippocampus
Definition
Forming new memories;transferring short term to long term
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Thalamus
Definition
Relaying info from senses; relays sensory stimuli to appropriate area of cortex to be further processed
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Inferotemporal Cortex
Definition
Shapes and human faces. Damage=posopagnosia(can't recognize faces)
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FFA(fusiform face area)
Definition
Most responsive to faces
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MT
Definition
Visual perception of movement
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Single dissociation Vs. Double dissociation
Definition
Single=damage to brain effects one thing but not another part.
Double=Person A and B injure same part of brain. A has certain damage B has different damage
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Brain imaging can
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Look at structures of the brain, determine which areas are active, show patterns of blood flow.
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Brain imaging can't
Definition
Show structure of single neuron
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PET Scan
Definition
Uses Radioactive tracer
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PET AND FMRI Use what technique
Definition
Subtraction Technique. Measure activity level before and after activity.
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Blankemore and Cooper
Definition
Study on Cat's(raised vertical)
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