Cognitive Psychology: Memory Processes
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Cognitive Psychology: Memory Processes

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the mental processes of acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval and the mental storage system in which these processes operate.

MEMORY

the collection of mental processes and activities used in perceiving, learning, remembering, thinking, and understanding, and the act of using those processes.

COGNITION

the study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

An ____ believes that we acquire knowledge via empirical evidence. In order to explore how the human mind works, empiricists would design experiments and conduct studies in which they could observe the behavior and processes of interest to them.

<p>EMPIRICIST</p> Signup and view all the answers

tripartite division within the self:

<p>RATIONAL SOUL (MIND OR INTELLECT), SPIRITED SOUL (WILL OR VOLITION), APPETITIVE SOUL (EMOTION OR DESIRE)</p> Signup and view all the answers

knowledge is acquired through logical analysis

<p>RATIONALISM</p> Signup and view all the answers

acquisition of knowledge through experience and observation

<p>EMPIRICISM</p> Signup and view all the answers

“cogito, ergo sum”

<p>(I think, therefore I am)</p> Signup and view all the answers

seeks to understand what people do and why they do it.

<p>FUNCTIONALISM</p> Signup and view all the answers

____ suggested that the mind’s primary purpose is to help humans adapt to their environment.

<p>WILLIAM JAMES</p> Signup and view all the answers

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