COGNITIVE AREA(LOFTUS/PALMER+GRANT+MORAY+SIMON/CHABRIS)

MENTAL THOUGHT PROCESSES: thoughts;:

Internal and abstract experience of stimuli

Thoughts can be __ _ __ and thoughts can be __ _ __

Responses of stimuli, independent of stimuli

COMPUTER ANALOGY: like a computer, humans have __ __, which are processed as__ __, which causes __ __ __

Physical inputs, abstract information, physical measurable outputs

COMPUTER ANALOGY: inputted information undergoes __ __: different manipulations and encodings, will determine outputs: __

Different Processes, how individuals feel and behave

SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE OF THE MIND: the mind and mental processes cannot be __ __

Directly observed

SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE OF THE MIND:Participants thoughts can be __ from how observing how pps behave and their __ __ thoughts

Inferred, self reported

SCIENTIFIC INFERENCE OF THE MIND: controlled experimental methods are used which allow researchers to manipulate either ____ or ____

Stimuli in the environment, instructions on how to think

Practical application:

Teachers and learning

Cognitive Research Methods(2):

1. Lab Experiments

2. Self Reports

STRENGTHS(2):

high scientific control, practical applications

WEAKNESSES(2):

unrealistic environment, problems of self report