Cognitive psychology Flashcards
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Cognition
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**acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience and the senses
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Cognitive psychology
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Study of mental functions such as intelligence, thinking, language memory and decision making
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Rene Descartes - Dualism
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The mind and body are of seperate essence
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Behaviourism
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Theory of learning that states all behaviours are learned through conditioned interactions with the enviroment.
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The digital computer
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mind is like a computar, thinking is processing info
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Information processing approach
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Mind is an information processor, cognitive process rely on feedback and control
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Information processing
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Sensation
Perception
Thought processes
Decisions
Response or action
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