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1
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What are the modern assumptions of cognitive psych?

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1) mental processes exist
2) humans are active info processors
3) time and accuracy measures show how processes and structures work
4) humans are limited processors of info

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Who first proposed that the mind’s perspectives are actually a function of the state of nerves in the brain

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Johannes Muller

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Approach that says humans not only respond to stimuli, but process the information they receive

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Information-Processing Theory

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term for degree of abstraction useful in describing an operation (ions, nuclei in the brain) ( movement of electrons, circuit diagrams in computers)

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level

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Types of information processing (what the brain is doing at a level of analysis):

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storage, manipulation, transformation

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States that the description at one level can’t be replaced by description at another level (not interchangeable)

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critical notation

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related positive pairs pair the fastest

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Semantic Priming

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normal target conditions related to similar words faster than nonword (abnormal primes)

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Response Priming

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Specifying the correct combo of structures involved and the processes needed for a trait

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Identifiability

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10
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whether a theory is valid, following the test

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Adequacy

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limits the structure-process trade-offs so that representations are processes aren’t modified too much

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Constraints

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Modern cognitive researches uses these 2 main methods:

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1) systematic experimentation (using operational definitions)
2) control of confounding factors

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Data sources for cognitive psych

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1) Phenomenological (experience)
2) Correlational neural methods ( blood flow recordings)
3) Causal neural methods (tumor, brain area removed)
4) Chronometrics (reaction times, neuroimaging)
5) Accuracy (precent correct)

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Three difficulties in measuring RT and accuracy data:

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1) Expectancy effects
2) Structure-process trade-offs
3) Speed-Accuracy trade-offs

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Human patterns of cognition are not passive but….

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Active

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16
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Is positive or negative info processed better?

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positive

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The initial process of detecting and coding (ambiguous) environmental info

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sensation

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result of psychological processes where meaning, relationships, context, judgements, experiences, and memory play a role

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perception

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Common problems with perception

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TMI- too much info
TLI- too little info

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20
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processing that begins with stimulation of receptors

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bottom-up

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processing begins with prior knowledge or expectations that modifies initial response

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top-down

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type of nervous system coding where different stimuli alter the activity of different neurons

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spatial coding

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type of nervous system coding where the intensity of stimulation is encoded by neural firing

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temporal coding

24
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The region of the retina that must be illuminated to obtain a response in any given neuron

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The Receptive Field

25
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how does the visual system respond to contrast?

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maximally

26
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Dual task of the visual system:

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Maintain generality while also being able to respond to specific environmentally important stimuli

27
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The series of neurons that communicate info from the retina to the cortex

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Retino-Geniculo-Cortical Pathway

28
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The reduction of a response from ganglion cells neighbors due to stimulation

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lateral inhibition

29
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perceptual conséquences of lateral inhibition

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edge enhancement
brightness illusion

30
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specialized neurons in what area results in parallel processing?

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Area VI

31
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The what system

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identifies visual objects

32
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The where system

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location of objects and guiding actions

33
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location of the what system

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occipital-temporal pathways

34
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location of the where system

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occipital-parietal pathways

35
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neural firing is only synchronized for…

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attended stimuli

36
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examples of top-down processing

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odor intensity perception, speech segmentation, regularities, schemas

37
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Principles that say many stimuli are ambiguous and ability to interpret relies on similarity, proximity, good continuation, closure, and simplicity

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Gestalt Principles

38
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Associative Agnosia

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condition where the patient can see but not link the input to visual knowledge
-can draw from memory
-perceive an object, but not recognize it

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Apperceptive Agnosia

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patient can perceive an objects features but can’t accurately bind them to perceive the object as a whole

40
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small elements that result from organized perception of form

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features

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Integrative Agnosia

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patient has difficulty seeing how multiple features are bound together

42
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Influences on errors:

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1) regularity
2) well-formedness

43
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recent firing results in higher starting activation (warm-up effect)

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recency

44
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frequent firing results in higher starting activation (exercise effect)

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frequency

45
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In recognition, perfect accuracy is sacrificed for…..

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efficiency

46
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Most common form of specialized recognition

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Face Recognition

47
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type of agnosia known as face blindness

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Prosopagnosia

48
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“super-recognizers”

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are extremely accurate at recognizing faces but have no other perceptual or memory based advantages that we know of

49
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concentration of mental activity, limiting what is taken in externally and processed internally

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Attention

50
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Detects unexpected but important events without interfering with important current processing

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Attention task

51
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How does Reisberg describe attention?

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As an achievement

52
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Why can’t we process all the info in from of us?

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We have limited capacity and once we reach that capacity performance declines (circular logic)

53
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List some problems associated with ADHD:

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difficulty sustaining attention
failure to finish tasks
avoidance of sustained efforts
distracted by stimuli
failure to pay close attention

54
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The three attentional networks:

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1) alerting
2) orienting
3) executive

55
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Network of sustained attention, vigilance, alertness

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Alerting network

56
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Network where specific info is selected from multiple stimuli

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Orienting network

57
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Network of supervisory, selective, conflict resolution, and focused attention

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Executive network

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