Exam 1 Study Guide PDF

Exam 1 Study Guide 1. Cognitive psychology 2. Greek philosophers 3. Early theorists a. Wundt i. Structuralism b. Ebbinghaus c. James i. Functionalism d. Watson/Skinner i. Behaviorism 4. Information processing approach 5. Cogni...

Exam 1 Study Guide 1. Cognitive psychology 2. Greek philosophers 3. Early theorists a. Wundt i. Structuralism b. Ebbinghaus c. James i. Functionalism d. Watson/Skinner i. Behaviorism 4. Information processing approach 5. Cognitive revolution a. Causes b. Chomsky c. Neisser 6. Know the different methods of doing cognitive psych research 7. Neurons a. Parts b. Sensory receptors c. Synapse i. Structure ii. Function 8. Neuronal communication a. Action potentials i. Direction of travel b. Presynaptic vs. postsynaptic cell c. Neurotransmitters d. How does learning occur 9. Structures in the brain related to cognition and their functions a. 4 lobes b. Other important structures i. Hippocampus ii. Amygdala 10. Methods of studying the brain a. What they do, how they work, and their costs/benefits b. Phineas Gage 11. Perception a. Bottom-up, top-down b. Familiarity 12. Human vs computer perception 13. Perceptual constancies 14. Helmholtz a. Unconscious inference 15. Heuristic 16. Gestalt heuristics a. Know each heuristic b. Whole is greater than the sum of its parts 17. Shape from shading 18. Face perception a. Prosopagnosia 19. Unconscious perception a. Implicit priming 20. Change blindness 21. Neuroplasticity 22. Synesthesia 23. Is Seeing Believing? video 24. Attention a. How to measure 25. Selective attention a. Shadowing b. Dichotic listening i. Research findings c. Cocktail party effect 26. Models of attention a. Filter b. Attenuation (Treisman) i. Effects of task load ii. Gamers study (Green and Bavalier) 27. Automaticity a. Stroop task 28. Divided attention a. What factors affect it 29. Inattentional blindness 30. Cell phones and driving 31. Inattentional blindness 32. Feature integration theory a. Illusory conjunctions 33. Attention problems a. ADHD b. Unilateral neglect c. Simultanagnosia 34. Memory definition 35. Modal Model  a. Information processing b. Components i. Structural ii. Control c. Capacity/duration of components i. Miller’s 7 +/- 2 ii. Chunks 36. Working memory a. Components b. Distinction from short-term memory c. Physiology i. Development 37. Long-term memory a. Intentional vs incidental learning b. Recall vs recognition 38. STM/LTM Distinction a. Evidence i. Serial position 1. Primacy/recency 2. Rehearsal 3. Distractor tasks ii. Coding iii. Neuropsychology 1. Double dissociation a. HM, Clive Wearing, KF 39. Types of LTM a. Declarative i. Episodic ii. Semantic b. Nondeclarative i. Procedural ii. Implicit 1. Priming 2. Mere exposure effect 3. Propaganda effect 40. Encoding a. Elaborative encoding b. Levels of processing i. Ways of deep processing c. Spacing effect d. Retrieval practice effect 41. Retrieval a. Retrieval cues  b. Memory as a search process (Google) 42. Context a. Effects on memory b. Encoding specificity c. State-dependent learning 43. Consolidation a. Synaptic vs. systems b. Long-term potentiation c. Hippocampus d. Medial temporal lobe e. Amnesia i. Retrograde vs. anterograde f. Sleep g. Reconsolidation 44. Perceptual Biases (must know one) a. Anchoring Bias b. Hindsight Bias c. Negativity Bias d. Decoy Effect e. Bias Blind Spot