Cognitive Area

Question 1

Memory

Answer 1

Loftus & palmer (eye witness testimony

Question 2

Attention

Answer 2

Moray: auditory attention
Simon & chabris: visual inattention

Question 3

Key principles

Answer 3

-suggests the mind works like a computer procession
—> input, storing, retrieving

-investigate internal mental processing
—> perception, language, memory, attention and influence on behaviour

Question 4

Key concepts

Answer 4

-Auditory attention = noticing sounds around you

-cocktail party = hearing your name draws your attention

-context dependent memory = environments bring your memory

-in-attentional blindness = not seeing something as your focused on something else