Describe four different approaches to studying cognition Experimental Cognitive Psychology Behavioural data from controlled studies of normal subjects Reaction Times – time that elapses from the onset of a [...]
Describe the structure and function of the visual pathway from stimulus through to visual representation From Eye to Cortex Reception - absorption of physical energy Transduction - Physical energy [...]
Describe the concept of perceptual organisation. Explain how the Gestalt laws and other theories attempt to account for object perception Perceptual Organization Perceptual segregation: Separating visual input into [...]
Describe three (3) early models of attention. What are the important differences between them? What types of experiments have identified strengths and weaknesses in these models? Broadbent’s Filter Model [...]
Explain the concept of memory architecture with reference to the multi-store, unitary store, and working memory models of memory, outlining laboratory and neuroscience evidence for these models Atkinson and [...]
Identify key brain structures critical to memory function and give some of the evidence supporting their involvement Brain Structures Critical to Memory Function Temporal love Medial temporal lobe Perirhinal [...]
Autobiographical memory: Outline the self-memory system model Autobiographical Memory Properties: Events of personal significance Complex events Extends over many years Involves some semantic content - More sensitive to [...]
What are consciousness and emotion? Consciousness hard to explain – it's private, intrinsic, directly apprehended, indescribable Perceiving the environment Social communication and action Controlling actions Planning and reasoning [...]
Describe how language may constrain the way we think, and how this might differ across languages Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Can we think without language? Does our language determine the way [...]
Explain the differences between normative and descriptive theories of decisionmaking Normative (Prescriptive) Theories of Decision Making How to make the best decision Hard and often impossible to use normative [...]
Discuss, with examples, the nature of well-defined knowledge-lean problems and ill-defined, knowledge-rich problems in terms of their relevance to real-world problem-solving Well-defined problems – all aspects of the problem [...]
Explain the concept of Theory of Mind. Describe different approaches to Theory of Mind and what they suggest about the way we understand others Theory of Mind The way [...]
