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11 Cards in this Set
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Cognitive Psychology
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Study of the mental operations that support people's acquisition & use of knowledge
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Information Processing
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Attempts to identify what occurs during the various stages (attention, perception, short-term memory) of processing info
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Sensory Store
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Part of memory that holds unanalyzed sensory information for a fraction of a second, providing an opportunity for additional analysis following the physical termination of a stimulus
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Pattern Recognition
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The stage of perception during which a stimulus is identified
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S-R Approach (Stimulus Response)
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Approach that emphasizes the association between a stimulus & a response, without identifying the mental operations that produced the response
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Artificial Intelligence
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The study of how to produce computer programs that can perform intellectually demanding tasks
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Cognitive Neuroscience
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The study of the relation between cognitive processes & brain activities
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4 Lobes of the Brain
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1) Frontal Lobe - planning of movements, some aspects of memory, inhibition of innappropriate behavior
2) Temporal Lobe - hearing, advanced visual processing 3) Occipital Lobe - vision 4) Parietal Lobe - body sensations, touch |
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fMRI - Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Uses magnetic fields & computerized images to locate mental operations in the brain
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PET
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Uses radioactive tracers to study brain activity by measuring the amount of blood flow in different parts of the brain
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ERP - Event-Related Potential
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Uses electrodes placed on the scalp to measure the duration of brain waves during mental tasks
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