CognitionLecture1_Intro_2023

This is an introduction to cognitive psychology. Dr. Kira Egan specializes in researching core cognitive functions. The lecture will cover topics such as sensation, perception, and memory. The early interest in mental events and the birth of cognitive psychology are discussed. Behaviorism and its limitations are also mentioned. The information processing approach, computer analogy, and the development of the digital computer are explained. The core areas of cognitive psychology are thought, language, decision making, perception, and memory. The module will focus on sensation, perception, and memory. Title, Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. Begin Heading Level 1, Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. Begin Paragraph Text, Introduction. Dr. Kira Egan. Begin Image with Description, Head with Gears Outline. End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Who Am I? Begin Bulleted List with 3 Items. Item 1 of 3, Cognitive Neuroscientist and AMP, Lecturer in the School of Psychology. Item 2 of 3 is List with 4 Items. Item 1 of 4, BA Psychology Maynooth University. Item 2 of 4, MSc Clinical Neuropsychology Bangor University. Item 3 of 4, PhD Cognitive Neuroscience Bangor University. Item 4 of 4, Language Researcher University of Oxford. Item 3 of 3, Specialized in Researching Core Cognitive Functions, which is what we'll cover over the next few weeks. Begin Image with Description, a person holding a statue. Description Automatically Generated. End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Some Quick Housekeeping. Begin Bulleted List with 5 Items. Item 1 of 5, Start Lectures at 5 minutes past the hour. To give everyone a chance to get here item 2 of 5, check out the canvas, make sure you know where everything is. Item 3 of 5, for any queries please contact colon 1 BA Psychology at University of Galway.ie Item 4 of 5, Cognitive Block. Item 5 of 5 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, 3 Weeks, 3 Topics, Sensation, Perception, and AMP, Memory. Begin Heading Level 1, So what is Cognition? Begin Bulleted List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, All Forms of Knowing and Awareness, such as Perceiving, Conceiving, Remembering, Reasoning, Judging, Imagining, and Problem Solving. Begin link, https://dictionary.apa.org/. Cognition Item 2 of 2, Cognitive Psychology, the study of mental functions such as Intelligence, Thinking, Language, Memory, and Decision Making. Gavin Agar, et al., 2016 Begin Image with Description, the Role of Metacognition in Multiple Sclerosis, a Clinical Study and End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Lecture Outline. Begin Bulleted List with 6 Items. Item 1 of 6, Early Interest in Mental Events. Item 2 of 6 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, Philosophy, and AMP, Behaviorism. Item 3 of 6, The Birth of Cognitive Psychology. Item 4 of 6 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, The Legacy of Behaviorism. Item 2 of 2, Information Processing and Computers. Item 5 of 6, Core Areas in Cognitive Psychology. Item 6 of 6 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, Sensation, Perception, Memory. Image without Alternative Description. Begin Heading Level 1, Early Interest in Mental Events. Begin Bulleted List with 3 Items. Item 1 of 3, Although Cognitive Psychology did not become a major discipline until the late 20th century, psychologists and lay people were always interested in the mind. Item 2 of 3, Philosophy and the Teachings of the Churches, Mental Events, located in the soul were thought to distinguish us from lesser animals. Item 3 of 3, Early Psychology also focused on the explanation of mental events. Begin Image with Description, for our adorable animal cat20787.jpg, Wikimedia Commons. End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Early Interest in A Day Cart. Begin Bulleted List with 6 Items. Item 1 of 6, His main contribution to modern psychology was his focus on the mind-body problem. Item 2 of 6 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, Are the Mind and the Body Separate, and How do they Interact? Item 3 of 6, Dualism. The Mind and Body are of Separate Essence. Item 4 of 6 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, Descartes challenged the established dualist view that the relationship was one-directional, i.e. the mind controls the body. Item 2 of 2, he posited that both can influence each other and damp, interact, while remaining separate. Item 5 of 6, Inspired by automatons in the royal gardens in Paris he developed he'd reflex action theory. Item 6 of 6 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, The idea that an external stimulus can bring about an involuntary response. Begin Image with Description, DayCart.ping. End Image. Begin Image with Description, Automaton, Wiki 1. End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Early Interest Behaviorism. Begin Bulleted List with 5 Items. Item 1 of 5, Prior to this much of psychology focused on the use of introspection. Item 2 of 5 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, A systematic examination of subjective mental experiences that requires people to inspect and report on the content of their thoughts. Gazzaniga et al., 2016 Item 3 of 5, Behaviorism rejected both this and dualism. Item 4 of 5, Focused on the prediction and control of observable behavior environment interactions. Item 5 of 5, Even if mental events do occur, they do not control behavior and are therefore uninteresting. Begin Image with Description, Head with Gears Outline. End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Legacy of Behaviorism. Begin Bulleted List with 5 Items. Item 1 of 5, Behaviorism is limited. Item 2 of 5 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, Cannot deal with language, Chomsky Item 2 of 2, Interesting mental processes were considered taboo subjects, e.g., memory, reasoning etc. Item 3 of 5, However. Item 4 of 5, Behaviorism helped to establish a scientific approach to psychology. Item 5 of 5 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, Focus on measurable responses. Begin Heading Level 1, Cognitive Psychology. Begin Bulleted List with 3 Items. Item 1 of 3, Studying mental processes that are unobservable. Item 2 of 3, Bounded by observable behavior, which reflects mental events, and brain mechanisms which produce it. Item 3 of 3, Mental events, cognitions, are related to both but cannot be reduced to either. Begin Heading Level 1, Information Processing Approach. Begin Bulleted List with 4 Items. Item 1 of 4, The Digital Computer. Item 2 of 4 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, The Mind is like a computer. Item 2 of 2, Thinking is processing information. Item 3 of 4, Information Processing Approach. Item 4 of 4 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, The Mind is an information processor. Item 2 of 2, Cognitive processes rely on feedback and control. Image without alternative description. Begin Heading Level 1, The Digital Computer. Begin Bulleted List with 4 Items. Item 1 of 4, The development of the digital computer had a very important effect on early cognitive psychology. Item 2 of 4, Criticisms of behaviorism suggested that stimuli did not occasion behavior. Item 3 of 4, Rather, they suggested that it was the interpretation of stimuli that occasioned behavior. See Chomsky Item 4 of 4, Stimulus and GT, Interpretation and GT, Behavior. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Programmed to print characters on screen. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, No relevant program. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Stimulus. Press Key A. Begin Paragraph Text, Response. A. Begin Paragraph Text, No response. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Begin Heading Level 1, The Computer Analogy. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Understands the request. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Does not understand request. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Stimulus. Please tidy away your toys. Begin Paragraph Text, No response. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Begin Heading Level 1, The Computer Analogy. Begin Heading Level 1, The Computer Analogy. Begin Bulleted List with 1 item. Item 1 of 1, Thus, the brain was analogous to computer hardware and mental events to computer software. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Hardware. Begin Paragraph Text, Software. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Mental Events. Begin Paragraph Text, Programs. Begin Heading Level 1, Information Processing. Begin Bulleted List with 4 items. Item 1 of 4, The approach to cognitive psychology that developed from the computer analogy was called the information processing approach. Item 2 of 4, Most early cognitive psychology employed this approach. Item 3 of 4, New areas of interest in. Item 4 of 4 is list with 3 items. Item 1 of 3, Finding the computational limits of the software slash hardware of mind. Item 2 of 3, Computational modeling of cognition. Item 3 of 3, The development of AI. Begin Heading Level 1, Information Processing. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Stimulus. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, Sensation. Begin Paragraph Text, Perception. Begin Paragraph Text, Thought Processes. Begin Paragraph Text, Decision. Begin Paragraph Text, Response or Action. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Image without alternative description. Begin Paragraph Text, There is a stimulus. Begin Paragraph Text, Where and what is the stimulus? Begin Paragraph Text, What does the stimulus mean? Begin Paragraph Text, What are the available responses? Begin Heading Level 1, Core Areas in Cognitive Psychology. Begin Bulleted List with 5 Items. Item 1 of 5, Cognitive Psychology focuses on many cognitive functions, e.g. thought, language, decision making, perception. Item 2 of 5, This module we will focus on 3. Item 3 of 5, Sensation. Item 4 of 5, Perception. Item 5 of 5, Memory. Begin Heading Level 1, Sensation. Begin Bulleted List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, What do we sense? Item 2 of 2, What are limits of sensation? Begin Image with Description, Awakening Senses, Competendo, Tools for Facilitators. End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Perception. Begin Bulleted List with 3 Items. Item 1 of 3, The Sensory System and Perception. Item 2 of 3, Theories of Deception. Item 3 of 3 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, Illusions and What They Tell Us. Item 2 of 2, Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processing. Begin Image with Description, Image. End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Memory. Begin Bulleted List with 4 Items. Item 1 of 4, The Structure of Memory. Item 2 of 4 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, Short-Term Memory, Working Memory. Item 2 of 2, Long-Term Memory. Item 3 of 4, Remembering and Amp, Forgetting. Item 4 of 4 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, Recognition, Recall. Item 2 of 2, Distortions of Memory. Begin Image with Description, Rage Tunes, LFGFS. End Image. Begin Heading Level 1, Today We Covered. Begin Bulleted List with 6 Items. Item 1 of 6, Early Interest in Mental Events. Item 2 of 6 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, Philosophy and Amp, Behaviorism. Item 3 of 6, The Birth of Cognitive Psychology. Item 4 of 6 is List with 2 Items. Item 1 of 2, The Legacy of Behaviorism. Item 2 of 2, Information Processing and Computers. Item 5 of 6, Core Areas in Cognitive Psychology. Item 6 of 6 is List with 1 Item. Item 1 of 1, Sensation, Perception, Memory. Begin Image with Description, Any Questions, Free Stock Photo, Public Domain Pictures. End Image. Begin Paragraph Text, Aeon K. Stianna.