PSYC 213 Study Guide - Final Guide: Morris Water Navigation Task, Hemispatial Neglect, Encoding Specificity Principle
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The schools of thoughts that led to cognitive psychology. Know what they are and the important researchers/thinkers. The function of processing information is to reduce uncertainty. Early behavioral studies (hick, hyman) linking response time to the number of choice alternatives (i. e. , information) Early models that showed information capacity limits (broadbent"s. Interactionism: the mind and brain are separate entities that interact and influence each other. 2 epiphenomenalism: mental events are caused by physical events. Parallelism: the mind and brain are two aspects of the same reality. Isomorphism: the correspondence between mind and brain is structural. The functional specialization debate: modules of the mind versus lashely"s views (the entire cortex participates in all behaviors) Morris water maze: behavioral methods, neuropsychological cases, neuroimaging techniques. Several methods know when we want to use them. Visual illusions show us the constructive aspect of perception. How information travels from the eyes to the brain. Blindsight shows us the distinction between with and without awareness of perception.
