【5】Cognitive Psychology
Intro to Memory cognition = thinking/mentally processing concepts, language, concepts etc.; acquiring, organizing, remembering, and building knowledge about the world automatic processing = unconscious processing of well-learned processing effortful processing = actively engaging in processing info with sustained effort shallow processing = has to do with info based on its surface characteristics deep processing = processing info with respect to its meaning metacognition = thinking about thinking; ability to evaluate a cognitive task to determine how to best accomplish it; being aware of your own thoughts memory = persisted learning over a long period of time; info that can be stored or retrieved Modal Model = splits memory into 3 categories Modal Model created by Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin Each type of memory has 4 components: storage capacity duration of code nature of code way by which info is lost Sensory memory = gateway between perception and memory; limited perceiving