Introduction (1) Flashcards
is cognition a simple task?
no
What is introspection?
- qualities of mental experiences
- what does it feel like?
- intentionality
Who is behind introspection?
Wundt
Titchner
James
What is behaviourism?
- that a stimulus leads to a response
- only what is observed is meaningful
- conscious experience is unreliable and subjective
- it is not necessary to refer to psych to explain behaviour
Who is behind behaviourism?
Skinner
Watson
What is psychophysics?
- does some measurable relation exist between energy and mental processes
- Weber’s law
- Fechner’s law
Digital computer metaphor
environmental energy: information
psychological processes: coding
mermory: storage and retrieval
Cognitive model
detection of stimuli
storage, transformation of stimuli
production of responses
Acquiring Knowledge
perception
attention
categorization
Retaining Knowledge
memory
encoding
retrieval
Using knowledge
decision making
judgement
inference
Is knowledge a copy of sensory input
no
How were Brodmanns cytoarchitecture areas determined
Nissl and golgi stains
Patient studies
help us figure out separation between function and area damaged
MRI
structural
fMRI
function
fMRI task
ensure task is useful to what is being analyzed
EEG and ERP
direct measure of electrical bran activity
poor spatial resolution
high temporal resolution
PET and MRI
indirect blood flow measure
high spatial resolution
low temporal resolution
converging evidence
looking for what bits of info connect where
