PSY 252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Metacognition, Language Processing In The Brain, Peak Experience
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Cognitive psychology: why does it matter: attention, understanding what we can and cannot do. How many things can you pay attention to at once: distractions, you can"t do two things at once, implication: time to minimize distractions. Czikszentmihalyi: cognitive flow: attention, high school students listening to an excellent teacher about genghis khan; pager interrupts course, zero students listening or thinking about genghis khan at exact time, only 2 were thinking about a related topic. Neisser (1967) wrote one of first cognitive psychology books: transformed: physical energy (world); reveal activity (brain, reduced: simplified (lost, elaboration: connect to other information, stored: keep for later, recovered: get information out, used: has a role. Kahneman et al. (1998): 2 adverse stimuli: immersing hand in 14 degree celsius for 60 seconds, immersing hand in 14 degree celsius for 60 seconds & 30 more in 15 degree celsius.
