Intro To Cognition

Question 1

Cognition

Answer 1

Cognitive function, our thoughts and actions, is regulated by brain activity. Primarily concerned with understanding the processes that produce complex behaviours even though separate abilities are studies.

Question 2

Basic research

Answer 2

Goal is to try and understand the world and its phenomena without a specific end-use of this knowledge. How something works. Why is this important?

Question 3

Applied research

Answer 3

Research with the end-goal of developing a solution to a problem. How can I use this?

Question 4

Phenomenon-based research

Answer 4

When an “effect” is discovered, and follow-up research examines the nature of the effect

Question 5

Placebo effect

Answer 5

Fake treatments lead to improvements in people’s symptoms and functioning

Question 6

Cognitive psychology

Answer 6

Study of behaviour to understand the mind (mental processing)

Question 7

Neuroscience

Answer 7

Study of the brain and linking it to the mind. What part of the brain carry out functions we see behaviourally?

Question 8

Computational modelling

Answer 8

Building and modelling the mind-brain connection. “If we really understand how something works; we should be able to build it.”

Question 9

Emotional enhancement effect

Answer 9

Emotional stimuli are more easily attended to, remembered than neutral stimuli. E.g. Poorer memory for person’s face holding a gun vs. Holding a glass. Emotional content increase, processing increase, memory increase. Amygdala activity increase, enhanced memory.