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Psych 101 (Thursday, (02/16/2006, 5th Period)
CLASS IS CLOSED FOR GRADING.
"Cognitive psychology? Covers thinking. Well, that's the simplified version. It's a little more broad than that. It covers the basic mental processes that underlie behavior, and that means cognitive psych can go into thinking, reasoning, and decision-making--as well as memory, attention, perception, knowledge representation, and problem-solving. Ulric Neissner came up with the term in the last 1960's, and he had a pretty good--if pretty complex--definition too, which I've copied onto the board."
...the term "cognition" refers to all processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used. It is concerned with these processes even when they operate in the absence of relevant stimulation, as in images and hallucinations... Given such a sweeping definition, it is apparent that cognition is involved in everything a human being might possibly do; that every psychological phenomenon is a cognitive phenomenon. But although cognitive psychology is concerned with all human activity rather than some fraction of it, the concern is from a particular point of view. Other viewpoints are equally legitimate and necessary. Dynamic psychology, which begins with motives rather than with sensory input, is a case in point. Instead of asking how a man's actions and experiences result from what he saw, remembered, or believed, the dynamic psychologist asks how they follow from the subject's goals, needs, or instincts.
"Cognitive psych is like behavioral psych, in that it uses the scientific method. Unlike Freudian psych and other schools of thought, introspection is not considered valid as a method of investigation. However, it differs from behavioral psych in that it doesn't posit that all motivations are a result of behavioral stimulus-response factors.
So. Interestingly enough, when we talk about recovered memories, reincarnation, Satanic ritual abuse, and alien abduction, we're often talking about cognitive psychology and how real memory is or is not.
Well. Unless we're talking about real Satanic rituals. Those guys are icky. Or reincarnation in its real format, which, hey, has been known to be out there.Hell, everything else is real in the Buffyverse, why not reincarnation? Or possibly real alien abduction. Like I said, I've never met an alien. But anyway, it's a huge debate.
Why? Because memory is a matter of recreation, not just recall. You can't remember everything exactly, so when you do try to remember something, you play fill-in-the-blanks. Memory can therefore be affected by expectation, emotions, a misinterpretation, or even just plain ol' wishful thinking. Here's a handout on False Memory Syndrome. I'm sure you guys can guess what our topic of discussion for today is."
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"Cognitive psychology? Covers thinking. Well, that's the simplified version. It's a little more broad than that. It covers the basic mental processes that underlie behavior, and that means cognitive psych can go into thinking, reasoning, and decision-making--as well as memory, attention, perception, knowledge representation, and problem-solving. Ulric Neissner came up with the term in the last 1960's, and he had a pretty good--if pretty complex--definition too, which I've copied onto the board."
...the term "cognition" refers to all processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used. It is concerned with these processes even when they operate in the absence of relevant stimulation, as in images and hallucinations... Given such a sweeping definition, it is apparent that cognition is involved in everything a human being might possibly do; that every psychological phenomenon is a cognitive phenomenon. But although cognitive psychology is concerned with all human activity rather than some fraction of it, the concern is from a particular point of view. Other viewpoints are equally legitimate and necessary. Dynamic psychology, which begins with motives rather than with sensory input, is a case in point. Instead of asking how a man's actions and experiences result from what he saw, remembered, or believed, the dynamic psychologist asks how they follow from the subject's goals, needs, or instincts.
"Cognitive psych is like behavioral psych, in that it uses the scientific method. Unlike Freudian psych and other schools of thought, introspection is not considered valid as a method of investigation. However, it differs from behavioral psych in that it doesn't posit that all motivations are a result of behavioral stimulus-response factors.
So. Interestingly enough, when we talk about recovered memories, reincarnation, Satanic ritual abuse, and alien abduction, we're often talking about cognitive psychology and how real memory is or is not.
Well. Unless we're talking about real Satanic rituals. Those guys are icky. Or reincarnation in its real format, which, hey, has been known to be out there.
Why? Because memory is a matter of recreation, not just recall. You can't remember everything exactly, so when you do try to remember something, you play fill-in-the-blanks. Memory can therefore be affected by expectation, emotions, a misinterpretation, or even just plain ol' wishful thinking. Here's a handout on False Memory Syndrome. I'm sure you guys can guess what our topic of discussion for today is."
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Ms. Calendar's Voice Mail
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