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Cognition, Consciousness, and Language Flashcards

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Pavio’s Dual-Encoding Theory

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Both verbal association and visual images are used to process and store information.

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Four tenants of the Information Processing Model?

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  1. Thinking requires sensation, encoding, and storage
  2. It must be analyzed by the brain to be useful in decisions.
  3. Decisions in one situation can be adjusted to solve new problems
  4. Problem solving is dependent on context and complexity.
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Jean Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development

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  1. Sensorimotor (-2yrs): primary and secondary circular reactions along with object permeance (representational thought)
  2. Preoperational(2-7): symbolic thinking + egocentrism
  3. Concrete Operational(7-11): Conservation + logical thinking, can start understanding other people.
  4. Formal Operational(11+): hypothetical thinking + abstract thinking.
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Schema and Adaptations

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Schema is a mental set, Assimilation is new stimuli put into pre-existing stimuli, Accommodation is new stimuli that can either change or create new schema.

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Lev Vygotsky theory of cognitive development

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CD occurs internalization of culture, instruction + copying.

– Culture can heavily influence cognitive development.

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Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence

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Fluid intelligence is solving new/novel problems (puzzles) Crystallized Intelligence is acquired knowledge (MCAT)

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Age related decline of cognition

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Old people typically lose fluid intelligence and also dependent on activities of daily living. Progressive loss may be caused by dementia.

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Things that can affect cognition

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  • Parenting style
  • Genetic disorders
  • Intellectual disabilities (caused by teratogens)
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Delirium

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Rapid fluctuation of cognition caused by various medical causes

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Functional fixedness

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Not being able to see an object past its intended usage.

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Types of Problem Solving

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  1. Trial-and-error: Plug in any random solution (even repeats)
  2. Algorithm: systematically try every combination to grantee an answer.
  3. Deductive Reasoning (top down): general rules which help us draw conclusions with information
  4. Inductive Reasoning (bottom up): facts can help us postulate a theory with generalizations
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Availability vs Representative Heuristic

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Availability: how easily an example comes to our mind.
Representative: how close an example resembles a particular stereotype within our heads.

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Base Rate Fallacy

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Using stereotypical factors instead of actual numerical information.

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Disconfirmation Principle

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If the solution fails to solve a problem it should be discarded.

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Confirmation bias, overconfidence, belief perseverance.

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Looks for information that only fits their POV, tendency to think as one’s arguments as infallible, inability to let go of their beliefs despite evidence to contrary.

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Hindsight bias

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Overestimation of how well you predicted the outcome of past events.

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Intuition and the Recognition-primed decision model

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Being able to act on perceptions that may not be supported by available evidence but my experience. Experiences create patterns overtime that may be utilized.

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Emotions

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Subjective experience of a person which can affect decision making (either experiencing or about to experience)

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Theories of Intelligence

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  1. Multiple intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, musical, visual-spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, inter/intra personal, naturalist.
  2. Triarchic theory: analytical, creative, pragmatic.
  3. Emotional intelligence: express and perceive, understand and analyze, regulate, and awareness of affect.
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Intelligence quotient & Stanford-Binet IQ Test

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certain ‘g factor’ that determines overall intelligence determined by test.

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Stages of Sleep Cycle

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Stage 1: theta waves (slow waves)
Stage 2: K-complex and sleep spindles (blocking)
Stage 3: SWS, or delta waves appear.
REM: paradoxical sleep (brain active but paralyzed).

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Circadian rhythm

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-internally generated rhythm

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Hormones of sleep cycle

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Melatonin (pineal gland) - sleepy
Cortisol (adrenal cortex) - wakefulness
- light release CRF (hypothalamus) - ACTH (anterior)

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Theories of Dreaming

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  1. Activation-synthesis theory: random activation is tried to made sense of by the cortext causing dreams
  2. Problem solving theory: we’re solving problems just in dreams.
  3. Cognitive Process theory: stream-of-consciousness just in sleep.
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Neurocognitive models of dreaming

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unify biological and psychological dreaming perspectives using subjective and cognitive changes.

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Dyssomnia

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Disorders that trouble us from sleeping, waking.

  • Insomnia (wakefulness)
  • Narcolepsy - cataplexy (involuntary REM), sleep paralysis, hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations
  • sleep apnea - obstructive/central problems with breathing.
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Parasomnia

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Disorders during sleeping

  • Night terrors: SWS nightmares that leave children screaming and thrashing
  • Sleepwalking/talking: no knowledge of nighttime activities.
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Sleep Deprivation and REM Rebound

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getting little sleep a night or consistent bad quality sleep every night –> making up for sleep causes earlier and longer REM sleep.

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Hypnotic induction

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Relax patient and increase concentration (to open to suggestion). Patient needs to be willing and no skepticism

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Meditation

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Can resemble alpha/theta waves to decrease heart rate.

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Depressants

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Decrease NS activity, relaxation

  • alcohol
  • barbiturates
  • benzodiazepines
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Alcohol Mechanism and Symptoms

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GABA activity increase, dopamine increase, causing disinhibition, alcohol myopia. Can cause Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (no thiamine)

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Sedatives (barbiturates (-barbital) and benzodiazepines (-pam))

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GABA activity increase; sleep and anxiety pills.

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Stimulants

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Increase NS activity

  • amphetamines
  • cocaine
  • ecstasy (MDMA)
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Amphetamines Mechanism

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Increase dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin and decrease reuptake. Euphoria, high heart rate.

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Cocaine (crack) mechanism

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Decreases reuptake of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin. Can also be anesthetic

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Ecstasy (semi-hallucinogen) mechanism

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Same as amphetamines, cause well-being and connectedness.

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Opiates and Opioids (-done)

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Painkillers (endorphine agonists)

  • Heroin
  • Morphine
  • Codeine
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Methadone

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Treatment for opioid addiction (long lasting opioid)

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Hallucinogens (-in, -yote)

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Distortion of reality and enhanced sensitization

  • LSD (interact with serotonin)
  • Ecstasy
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Marijuana Mechanism

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Stimulant, Depressant, and Hallucinogen

  • THC inhibit GABA activity, increase dopamine.
  • Opioid, cannabinoid, and glycine receptors
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Mesolimbic pathyway

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The VTA produces dopamine to areas in the brain such as the nucleus acumbens (motor). This is the reward pathway

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Selective Attention and how to test for it

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Focusing on one stimuli while ignoring the rest. We can see this through dichotic listening tests (two different ear stimuli) hear one (shadowing) and then see if they paid attention

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Cocktail Party Phenomenom

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Hearing your name in a crowd can cause you to process that stimuli even if it was background.

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Divided Attention

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How easily we can switch between two or more tasks attention: depends on controlled and automatic processing (easier something becomes the more automatic)

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Phonemes (categorical perception and constancy)

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Speech sounds –> how to perceive different sounds have different meanings –> also when to perceive it is the same.

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Morphemes

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simplest form that conveys meaning (-ed, pro-)

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Semantics

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Association of meaning to a word

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Syntax

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How words are ordered in a sentence

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Pragmatics and Prosody

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Dependence on context or knowledge and tones of our voice.

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Timeline of Language Acquisition

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  1. 9-12 mon. babbling
  2. 12-18 mon. one word per month
  3. 18-20 naming explosion and combination of words
    - - may cause overextension (apple to kiwi)
  4. 2-3 yrs longer sentence
    - - overextension in grammar that causes error of growth
  5. 5 years language mastery.
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Nativist Theory

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Language Acquisition Device that must be primed during the critical period/sensitive period where they are more sensitive to environmental input.
- Transformational grammar was learned effortlessly by kids (passive vs active tone)

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Learning Theory

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Language comes about by reinforcement (guardian reinforces correct reiterations of language).

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Social Interactionist Theory

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Children desire to communicate to other people and that desire brings forth the acquisition of language. (Biological and sociological)

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Universalism vs Linguistic Relativity

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Perception of cognition affects our language, or language affects our cognition (Whorfian) (ex. many meanings of snow for Inuit).

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Different aphasia and the causes:

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  1. Broca’s Aphasia: can understand but have extreme difficulty in coming up with the word (speaking)
  2. Wernicke’s Aphasia: word salad – Jumbled mess of words no one really understands
  3. Conduction Aphasia: (arcuate fasciculus) unable to repeat something because connection is lost.

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