PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Long-Term Memory, Cognitive Psychology, Mental Chronometry
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Capped based on content: you can only get 1 point higher on language and organization then you get on content. The computer metaphor of the mind: essentially, a computer: codes (i. e. changes) information, stores information, uses information, and produces an output (retrieves info), the mind is like a computer. Stage 2: comparison the sensory information is compared to information in ltm in order to recognize. Stage 3: decision the response is selected among alternatives. Stage 4: response the selected response is carried out physically (tends to be the longest. Say word (stimulus: hits auditory processing encoding, quickly compare to stored info, decide (yes/no, respond actually say yes/no. Choice vs simple reaction times: left/right (requires all 4 stages) Vs: go (does not require decision stage) ^do(cid:374)"t look at it like a (cid:373)athe(cid:373)ati(cid:272)al e(cid:395)uatio(cid:374)^ you (cid:272)a(cid:374) do su(cid:271)t(cid:396)a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) that"s (cid:374)ot just (cid:373)athematical i. e. subtracting brain regions that are inactive.
