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Cognition
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- 1CognitionDeals with perception of how we see the world, store information and recall it.
Our ability of making sense of the world around us.
Cognitive Science = Science concerned with human information processing. - 2Developing SoftwareOur body is our interface to communicate with technology.
Ergonomics = The study of people's efficiency in their working environment. - 3PerceptionReceive information through our senses.
Sight, hearing, touch etc.
We process this information to acquire knowledge and understanding. - 4AttentionProcess of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment.
Ignore other things.
Allocation of processing resources. - 5MemoryThree stages of memory:
1. Short-Term Memory
2. Working Memory
3. Long-Term Memory - 6Short-Term MemoryWe forget most things.
7 plus/minus 2 (Miller, 1956)
Recognition is easy whilst recall is difficult - 7Gestalt PsychologyFinding patterns within information
Lumps information together
For example:
1. Principle of Proximity
2. Principle of Closure - 8Working MemoryCurrent processing
Inputs from Short-Term Memory and Long-Term Memory - 9Long-Term MemoryVery large - infinite
associative - time needed to retrieve information
Involved in the working memory processes.
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