What is Cognition?
The mental processes involved in acquiring knowledge and understanding.
What is cognition?
This psychologist is known for behaviorism, which largely ignored mental processes.
Who is B.F. Skinner?
This stage of processing takes in raw sensory information.
What is sensory memory?
Processing that begins with sensory input and builds toward perception.
What is bottom-up processing?
Recognizing a friend’s face or a family member's face in a crowd uses this type of cognitive process.
What is perception?
This process allows us to interpret sensory input and make decisions.
What is information processing?
This movement in the 1950s and 60s emphasized studying internal mental processes scientifically.
What is the Cognitive Revolution?
This memory stage holds information temporarily.
What is working memory (aka short-term memory)?
Processing guided by prior knowledge, expectations, and context.
What is top-down processing?
Planning your route to school involves these cognitive operations.
What is problem-solving/decision-making?
These two main types of processes guide cognition: one driven by the stimulus, the other by prior knowledge.
What are bottom-up and top-down processing?
The study of mental processes using computers as a model is part of this approach.
What is the information processing approach?
The final stage, where information is stored for long-term use.
What is long-term memory?
Reading messy handwriting is easier with prior knowledge of the word. This illustrates which type of processing?
What is top-down processing?
Remembering facts for a test demonstrates this cognitive ability.
What is memory?