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PSY 200 Cognitive Psych Exam 1 Questions andAnswers 2024
1. cognitive psychology: the study of the mind and mental processes.focuses ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
onbehavior, the expression of the mind
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2. cognitive neuroscience: study of how the brain instantiates the ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
mind.focuseson the brain, the physical basis of the mind
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3. introspection: firstattemptstomeasurethemind(notverypopularto anymoredue ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
various limitations of the method)
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aprocedureused byearlypsychologistsin whichtrainedparticipants described their
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experiences and thought processes in response to stimuli
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5. WilhelmWundt: psychologist used analytic introspection, developed a system- ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
atic way to apply introspection, attempted to find basic sensations "atoms" of the
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mind (failed)
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6. William James: based his own insights on introspection, way of measuring ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
themind.less systematic, came to deep insights about psychology.
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7. Franciscus Donders: psychologist that put physical, measurable property to ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
mental processes.considered to be the first person to do a cognitive
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psychologyexperiment
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8. Donder's Experiment: How long does it take to make a decision?Detect a ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
dot..knock on your desk.Now detect when the dot is on the left and knock on your
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desk.Don't knock when it's on the right.Time difference between how long it takes for
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youto do the original knock and the knock that made you decide if the dot was on the
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left is how long it takes to make a decision.(Simple detection cog
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lab)Physical:Howlong?Mental: Decision making
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9. Hermann Ebbinghaus: the first person to study memory scientifically and sys- ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
tematically;used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to studya
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list to remember it well
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10. Ebbinghaus's Experiment: How quickly do memories fade?Experiment: See ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
how long it takes to memorize random letter sequences in a list. Wait awhile. See
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howlongittakesto RE-memorizethesesamesequences.Re-learningtooklesstimethan
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, original learning. This reduction in memorization time is called "savings"Con-
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clusion:thebiggerthesavingsthemore yourrememberPhysical:Changeinsavingsover
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timeMental: Memory
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11. ErnstWeber and Gustav Fechner: Showed how physical events are related
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tosensation and perception
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12. Weber-Fechner Law: The larger the quantity the larger the change in ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty ty
quantityneeds to be to be noticed, still widely accepted in psychology
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13. When did modern cognitive psychology start?: 1950's-1960's
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