Cognitive Psychology Flashcards
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Focuses on
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Conscious as opposed to unconscious
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Cognition is comprised of
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Mental processes such as perceiving, thinking, remembering, evaluating, planning and organizing, application
3
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Information processing model
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Comparing the human mind to a computer. Defines how we process information.
Sensory registers-something used to input information (keyboard)
Short term memory-recovered word documents
Long term memory-saved files and pictures
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Understanding the way people think and feel
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Are people pessimistic in thinking because they feel sad, or are they sad because they think pessimistic ally?
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Cognitive therapy was first used
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To treat depression
