WGU D570 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
psychologist who studied the quantitative measurement of mental processes
Ebbinghaus
psychologist who wrote the first psychology textbook; some of his observations are still
valid today. Observation of his own mind.
James
system that creates mental representations of the world and controls mental functions
mind
mental processes involved in perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving,
reasoning, and decision making
cognition
scientific study of the mind and mental processes
cognitive psychology
,measurement of how long it takes to respond to presentation of a stimulus
reaction time
measurement of how long it takes to respond to a single stimulus
simple reaction time
measurement of how long it takes to react to one of multiple stimuli
choice reaction time
approach to psychology that explained perception as the combination of small
elementary units called sensations
structuralism
procedure in which trained participants described their experiences and thought
processes in response to stimuli
analytic introspection
physiologist who performed the first cognitive psychology experiment
Donders
scientist who established the first laboratory of scientific psychology
,Wundt
measure used by Ebbinghaus to determine the magnitude of memory left from initial
learning
savings
plot showing the amount remembered versus the time between initial learning and
testing
savings curve
approach by John Watson stating that observable conduct provides the only valid data
for psychology
behaviorism
pairing of a stimulus with a neutral stimulus changes the response to the neutral
stimulus
classical conditioning
theory that behavior is strengthened by presentation of positive reinforcers or
withdrawal of negative reinforcers
operant conditioning
mental conception of a spatial layout
, cognitive map
shift in psychology from the behaviorist approach to explaining behavior in terms of the
mind
cognitive revolution
occurs when there is a shift in thinking from one scientific paradigm to another
scientific revolution
system of ideas that dominate science at a particular time
paradigm
change of a system of ideas that dominate science at a particular time
paradigm shift
concept of psychology that describes the mind as processing data through a sequence
of stages
information-processing approach
ability of a computer to perform tasks usually associated with the human mind
AI
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE
psychologist who studied the quantitative measurement of mental processes
Ebbinghaus
psychologist who wrote the first psychology textbook; some of his observations are still
valid today. Observation of his own mind.
James
system that creates mental representations of the world and controls mental functions
mind
mental processes involved in perception, attention, memory, language, problem solving,
reasoning, and decision making
cognition
scientific study of the mind and mental processes
cognitive psychology
,measurement of how long it takes to respond to presentation of a stimulus
reaction time
measurement of how long it takes to respond to a single stimulus
simple reaction time
measurement of how long it takes to react to one of multiple stimuli
choice reaction time
approach to psychology that explained perception as the combination of small
elementary units called sensations
structuralism
procedure in which trained participants described their experiences and thought
processes in response to stimuli
analytic introspection
physiologist who performed the first cognitive psychology experiment
Donders
scientist who established the first laboratory of scientific psychology
,Wundt
measure used by Ebbinghaus to determine the magnitude of memory left from initial
learning
savings
plot showing the amount remembered versus the time between initial learning and
testing
savings curve
approach by John Watson stating that observable conduct provides the only valid data
for psychology
behaviorism
pairing of a stimulus with a neutral stimulus changes the response to the neutral
stimulus
classical conditioning
theory that behavior is strengthened by presentation of positive reinforcers or
withdrawal of negative reinforcers
operant conditioning
mental conception of a spatial layout
, cognitive map
shift in psychology from the behaviorist approach to explaining behavior in terms of the
mind
cognitive revolution
occurs when there is a shift in thinking from one scientific paradigm to another
scientific revolution
system of ideas that dominate science at a particular time
paradigm
change of a system of ideas that dominate science at a particular time
paradigm shift
concept of psychology that describes the mind as processing data through a sequence
of stages
information-processing approach
ability of a computer to perform tasks usually associated with the human mind
AI
