1. Introduction

Question 1

Cognition refers to processes relating to ____ or ____

Answer 1

Knowledge or information

Question 2

What are four features of cognition?
1. A____
2. S____
3. T____
4. U____

Answer 2

1. Acquisition
2. Storage
3. Transformation
4. Use

Question 3

Define cognitive psychology

Answer 3

The scientific study of how the mind works

Question 4

Cognitive psychology utilises what approach to understanding mental processes?

Answer 4

The information-processing approach

Question 5

What is the major goal of the information-processing approach?

Answer 5

Specify the processes and structures involved in cognition

Question 6

What is the assumption of the information-processing approach?

Answer 6

Processing in people resembles that in computers

Question 7

What are the three key concepts of cognitive psychology?

Answer 7

1. Top-down (information from knowledge) vs bottom-up (information from environment) processing
2. Parallel vs serial processing
3. Hard-wired vs learned

Question 9

How does experimental cognitive psychology help us understand cognition?

Answer 9

If an experimental manipulation affects one type of task, but not another type of task we can (start to) make inferences about the cognitive processes used by those tasks

Question 10

How does cognitive neuropsychology help us understand cognition?

Answer 10

If a patient has neuropsychological deficits in some tasks, but not other tasks we can (start to) make inferences about the cognitive processing systems used by those tasks

Question 11

How does computational cognitive science help us understand cognition?

Answer 11

Using simulations of cognitive processes can be used to make inferences about how processing systems might interact and the constraints a system might have for the performance of cognitive tasks

Question 12

How does cognitive neuroscience help us understand cognition?

Answer 12

Allows correlation of brain activity location and timing with specific types of tasks

Question 13

What are the four main approaches to studying cognitive processes?

Answer 13

1. Experimental cognitive psychology (behavioural)
2. Cognitive neuropsychology (brain damage)
3. Cognitive neuroscience (brain imaging)
4. Computational cognitive science (computer modelling)