Pfe Article Review
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Chapter 1 A
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Sarah is walking across campus. She stops for a moment to talk with a friend about the movie they saw last night, but can’t talk to long, because she has an appointment with her advisor to plan her schedule for next term, so she says goodbye and heads off in the direction of her advisor’s office.
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In these brief few moments Sarah has used 5 different cognitive processes
Perception Attention Memory Language Reasoning and decision making
Let’s look at the description again and see if you can identify these in Sarah’s Story
Sarah is walking across campus. She stops for a moment to talk with a friend about the movie they saw last night, but can’t talk to long, because she has an appointment with her advisor to plan her schedule for next term, so she says goodbye and heads off in the direction of her advisor’s office.
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Perception
she can see her way through campus recognizes her friend hears her friend speak
What perception processes are you using now as you sit in this class?
Attention
she tunes out all extraneous stimulation while walking across campus seeing her friend captures her attention and she stops
What attention processes are you using now?
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Memory
remembers her friends name; her appointment with her advisor; the way to her advisor’s office; details about the movie she saw last night
What memory processes are you currently using?
Language
she talks to her friend encodes information during the conversation
How are you using language?
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Reasoning and decision making
needs to decide what courses to take what to do after graduation how long she can talk to her friend without being late for her appointment
What decisions have you made lately?
Cognitive Psychology used a million times everyday but it’s often overlooked
Students are more
Chapter 1 A
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Sarah is walking across campus. She stops for a moment to talk with a friend about the movie they saw last night, but can’t talk to long, because she has an appointment with her advisor to plan her schedule for next term, so she says goodbye and heads off in the direction of her advisor’s office.
1
8/12/2010
In these brief few moments Sarah has used 5 different cognitive processes
Perception Attention Memory Language Reasoning and decision making
Let’s look at the description again and see if you can identify these in Sarah’s Story
Sarah is walking across campus. She stops for a moment to talk with a friend about the movie they saw last night, but can’t talk to long, because she has an appointment with her advisor to plan her schedule for next term, so she says goodbye and heads off in the direction of her advisor’s office.
2
8/12/2010
Perception
she can see her way through campus recognizes her friend hears her friend speak
What perception processes are you using now as you sit in this class?
Attention
she tunes out all extraneous stimulation while walking across campus seeing her friend captures her attention and she stops
What attention processes are you using now?
3
8/12/2010
Memory
remembers her friends name; her appointment with her advisor; the way to her advisor’s office; details about the movie she saw last night
What memory processes are you currently using?
Language
she talks to her friend encodes information during the conversation
How are you using language?
4
8/12/2010
Reasoning and decision making
needs to decide what courses to take what to do after graduation how long she can talk to her friend without being late for her appointment
What decisions have you made lately?
Cognitive Psychology used a million times everyday but it’s often overlooked
Students are more