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Cognitive definitions and memory
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- 1Cognitive PsychologyCognitive psychologists are concerned with the internal operations of the mind. These are called cognitive processes or cognitions. Cognitive processes involve perception, memory and thinking.
- 2What does cognitive psychology assume?Internal mental processes influence how we think, feel and behave.
- 3Computer analogyMany psychologists think of the mind like a computer. The brain handles information; it has an input from the senses, throughput of information in the form of decision making, speech and action.
- 4Definition of memoryMemory is an organism's ability to store, retain and recall information
- 5First process of memoryEncoding: When information comes into our memory from sensory input, it needs to be changed into a form that the system can cope with. 3 main ways of encoding:
Visual (picture)
Acoustic (sound)
Semantic (meaning) - 62nd process of memoryStorage: Concerns the nature of memory stores, such as where data is stored, duration of memory, capacity of memory and type of information held. The way we store information affects the way we retrieve it. Can be stored in STM and LTM.
- 73rd process of memoryRetrieval: Refers to getting information out of storage. When asked to retrieve something from memory, differences between STM and LTM become clear. STM is stored and retrieved sequentially. LTM is stored and retrieved by association.