PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stroop Effect, No Brakes, Utilization Behavior
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Behaviourism and behaviour analysis: understanding behaviour is necessary for understanding people, (cid:862)i(cid:374)puts(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)outputs(cid:863) Behaviour analysis: stroop task (types of behaviour) Stuttering (reflects accuracy, catching their own mistakes) How long it takes them to complete the task: reaction time. The amount of time it takes to process an input and generate an output. If so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:396)ea(cid:272)ts fast to so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g it (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e good at it, familiarity, impulsive, not giving much attention. Reacting too slow may mean its hard, spacing out, etc. Correct and incorrect trial correct trials hopefully reflect your cognitive process. We do(cid:374)"t look at i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:272)t t(cid:396)ials (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause there are more reasons to get it wrong than right stages of working memory: encode, compare (longest depending on the given data), decide, respond: accuracy (% correct or % error) Whethe(cid:396) o(cid:396) (cid:374)ot a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:396)espo(cid:374)se to a (cid:395)ue(cid:396)(cid:455) is correct. Cognitive models: attempt to describe the steps associated with certain features of cognition, should be.
