Module 9: What's in your mind?

Cognitive Architecture

A theoretical framework that outlines the fundamental structure and organization of the mind, specifying its basic components, how they interact, and the flow of information to produce intelligent behavior.

Cognitive Capacity

The limited amount of mental resources available for cognitive processes such as attention, memory, and problem-solving, varying depending on the individual and the task.

Cognitive Penetrability

The extent to which higher-level cognitive processes can influence lower-level perceptual or cognitive processing.

Working Memory

A temporary, limited-capacity storage system that holds and manipulates information actively for a short period during cognitive tasks.

Channel Capacity

The limited amount of information that a cognitive system can process effectively at any given time.

Chunking

A strategy to increase the capacity of working memory by grouping individual pieces of information into larger, meaningful units.

Sternberg Search

An experimental paradigm used to study the retrieval of information from working memory, analyzing reaction times based on the memory set size.

Serial Processing

Cognitive operations are carried out one at a time in a sequence.

Parallel Processing

Multiple cognitive operations are carried out simultaneously.

Self-terminating Search

The search stops as soon as the target item is found.

Exhaustive Search

The search continues through all items in the memory set, even after the target item has been identified.