Cognitive Psychology Review

These flashcards cover key concepts in cognitive psychology, including definitions, important theories, and significant historical context.

Cognitive Psychology

The scientific study of mind and behavior, focusing on how people acquire, process, and store information.

Intellectual Curiosity

A desire to know and understand, driving scientific inquiries like cognitive psychology.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems.

Sternberg Paradigm

An experimental task used to study information processing involving memory set comparison.

Dualism

The philosophical position that the mind and body are separate entities.

Introspection

A method of self-observation to report the contents of one’s consciousness.

Neocortex

The part of the brain responsible for higher-level functions such as sensory perception, cognition, and motor commands.

Behaviorism

A psychological approach that focuses on observable behaviors rather than internal mental states.

Neurotransmitter

Chemicals that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another.

Cognitive Neuroscience

The study of the neural mechanisms underlying cognition, integrating cognitive psychology and neuroscience.

Event-Related Potentials (ERPs)

Brain responses that are the direct result of a specific cognitive event, measured through EEG.

Cognitive Science

An interdisciplinary field that studies the mind and its processes, combining psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and neuroscience.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

A non-invasive method to disrupt normal brain activity with magnetic fields to study neural function.

Topographic Organization

The spatial arrangement of neural representation in the brain where adjacent areas correspond to adjacent areas in the external environment.

Connectionist Models

Theoretical models that simulate neural networks to understand cognitive processes based on the connections between neuron-like elements.

Cognitive Revolution

A shift in psychology from behaviorist approaches to understanding internal mental processes, particularly from the 1950s onward.

Embodied Cognition

The theory that cognitive processes are deeply rooted in the body's interactions with the world.

Deep Learning

A type of machine learning using neural networks with many layers, enhancing the ability of AI to recognize patterns.