Benyon - kapitel 23 och 25

Question 1

Human information processing (3 delar)

Answer 1

(a) a sensory input subsystem,
(b) a central information-processing subsystem
(c) a motor output subsystem

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Question 2

Distributed cognition

Answer 2

Argues that cognitive processing is not confined to the individual mind but is distributed between mind and external artefacts (kunskap i världen)

Question 3

Embodied cognition

Answer 3

Emphasizes the importance of embodiment – people are physical and social beings – in cognition and how information is embedded in the world.

Question 4

Activity theory

Answer 4

Has its origins in Soviet psychology and places emphasis on society and community, not on the isolated individual. It also asserts that human activity itself is the context as people pursue the object of the activity.

Question 5

Perception & navigation

Answer 5

Perception and navigation are two important abilities that people possess. Perception is concerned with how we come to know an environment through our senses. Navigation is concerned with how we move through environments

Question 6

Navigation (3 typer)

Answer 6

Object identification, which is concerned with understanding and classifying the objects in an environment.
Exploration, which is concerned with finding out about a local environment and how that environment relates to other environments.
Wayfinding, which is concerned with navigating towards a known destination.