Packet One: What is Cognitive Psychology Flashcards
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what is cognition?
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how we perceive, what we pay attention to, how we learn and remember, how we think and organize information, language, how we make decisions, and more
2
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some common questions about cognition
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- does does human cognition differ from animals?
- how do we measure something we can’t see?
2
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two different form of studying consciousness
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- structuralism
- functionalism
-began by studying consciousness
3
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what is structuralism?
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trying to understand consciousness by breaking it down into parts
-what makes up consciousness?
4
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what is consciousness?
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awareness of both internal and external processes
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