cognitive revolution

Question 1

what is donder’s decision making task (1868)?

Answer 1

how long it took for individuals to make a decision

paid attention to how long their reaction time was

simple reaction time task - individuals pressed a button when a light was illuminated

choice reaction time task - two lights that would light up -> press a button for the left light and a button for the right light

Question 2

what were the results of the donder task?

Answer 2

2nd experiment was more difficult = longer reaction time

Question 3

how can mental responses be measured?

Answer 3

not directly, but inferred from behaviour

Question 4

what is structuralism?

Answer 4

the structure of conscious experience could be understood by analysing the basic elements of thoughts and sensations

Question 5

what is behaviourism?

Answer 5

behaviour is observable and measurable

Question 6

what is introspection?

Answer 6

an examination of one’s own thoughts and feelings

Question 7

what is the cognitive revolution?

Answer 7

the development of computers and the information-processing approach

Question 8

what is the lexical decision task?

Answer 8

measures how quickly people classify stimuli as words or nonwords