Cognitive Psychology Overview

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Questions and Answers

What does cognitive psychology study?

  • How individuals think and make decisions (correct)
  • The emotional responses to stimuli
  • Physical movements and reflexes
  • Only the biological aspects of brain function

Which of the following processes is NOT typically associated with cognitive psychology?

  • Perception
  • Memory
  • Attention (correct)
  • Metabolism

Who defined cognition as involving processes like transformation, storage, and recovery?

  • Freud
  • Neisser (correct)
  • Sternberg
  • Piaget

Cognitive psychology is described as sharing boundaries with which disciplines?

<p>Philosophy, neuroscience, and linguistics (A)</p>
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What aspect of cognitive processes is highlighted by the example of quickly recognizing a familiar face?

<p>Visual cues and pattern recognition (A)</p>
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What is the primary focus of cognitive psychology?

<p>Study of mental processes (D)</p>
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Which cognitive process is primarily involved in recognizing a familiar person at a crowded event?

<p>Memory Usage (D)</p>
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The example of 'The Shadow' illustrates which cognitive processes?

<p>Attention, perception, and pattern recognition (A)</p>
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What are important aspects of cognitive processes according to the document?

<p>Attention, perception, pattern recognition, and memory usage (A)</p>
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What is an example given that demonstrates cognitive processes during real-world interactions?

<p>The Craft Mela (A)</p>
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Flashcards

Cognitive Psychology

The study of mental processes like attention, perception, memory, problem-solving, learning, and language.

Attention

The process of focusing mental resources on particular stimuli or tasks.

Perception

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information to understand the world around us.

Pattern Recognition

Identifying familiar patterns in stimuli.

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Memory Usage

The process of accessing and using stored information.

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Cognitive Psychology

The scientific study of how people think, perceive, learn, remember, and make decisions.

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Cognitive Processes

Mental activities involved in acquiring, processing, storing, and retrieving information.

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Ulric Neisser's Definition

Cognition is the transformation of information through processes like encoding, storage, and retrieval.

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Sternberg's Definition

Cognitive psychology explores how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information.

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Cognitive Field/Psychology

A branch of psychology that explores the processes of the mind; how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information.

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