Week 9-10: Cognition Flashcards
(35 cards)
What is cognition?
Perceiving and processing information
Adapting to information
Constructing a reality from experience
Knowing and acting on information
What are the 5 basic concepts in cognition?
Attention Content Organization Adaptation Metacognition
Which concept is known for systematically ordering information into a coherent pattern or system?
Organization
Which concept is known for interpreting and modifying reality based on existing knowledge?
Adaptation
Which concept is similar to Piaget?
Adaptation
“efficiency of using knowledge” is known as what concept of information processing?
processing speed
This type of memory helps us to remember autobiographical events in our lives (ex. what did you do on your 17th birthday?)
Episodic Memory
This type of memory helps us to remember structured record of facts, meanings, concepts and knowledge about the external world that we have acquired
Semantic Memory
This type of memory is conscious, intentional recollection of previous experiences and information (ex. remember what time your doctors appointment is)
Explicit memory
Immediate and working memory fall into what category of cognition?
STM
declarative and nondeclarative memory fall into what category of cognition?
LTM
Episodic, semantic, and explicit memories fall into what category of memory?
declarative
implicit and procedural memories fall into what category of memory?
nondeclarative
sequencing, categorization and deduction fall under what concept of cognition
organization
receiving, encoding, storage, and retrieval fall under what concept of cognition?
content
This concept is known as “thinking about thinking”; an ability to understand principles, theories, and phenomena?
metacognition
What is the primary step in the memory process?
Attention
This is known as our ability to stay on task for a long time; vigilance at what you’re doing?
Sustained attention
This is known as our ability to tune out all the outside distractions and focus on relevant information
Selective attention
This is known as our ability to do multiple things at once; attending to 2 or more things at once?
divided attention
T/F: research shows that we are good at multi-tasking?
False
This is known as our ability to alternate between tasks (NOT doing it at the same time)
alternating attention
What concept is for identifying person, place, time, and situation?
orientation/content
What happens when retrograde memory is affected?
cannot remember old, can remember new/recent information
