Changes in cognition do not cease when we reach adulthood. As we get older, we continue to learn more things, but human cognitive abili...
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Monday 18 March 2019
Are Visual images like Visual Perception?
Syeda
March 18, 2019
Can people recognize patterns in mental images in the same way that they rec- ognize patterns in things they actually see? In an experime...
Visual Imagery
Syeda
March 18, 2019
Visual Imagery Most of the research on mental imagery has involved visual imagery, and this will be the principal focus of this chapte...
The Problem-Solving Process: Problem Space and Search
Syeda
March 18, 2019
■ Problem solving is goal-directed behavior that often involves set- ting subgoals to enable the application of operators. ■ P...
Archetypes
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March 18, 2019
Archetypes are ancient or archaic images that derive from the collective uncon- scious. They are similar to complexes in that they are ...
Long Term Memory & Expertise
Syeda
March 18, 2019
One might think that the memory advantage shown by experts is just a working- memory advantage, but research has shown that their advan...
Importance of Correct Representation-Problem Solving
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March 18, 2019
Successful problem solving depends on representing problems in such a way that appropriate operators can be seen to apply. We have anal...
How convincing is a 90% Result?
Syeda
March 18, 2019
Scientists can be subject to a con- firmation bias. For instance, louis pasteur was involved in a major debate with other scientists abou...
Are Memories Really Forgotten?
Syeda
March 18, 2019
An early study on the role of the temporal cortex in memory seemed to provide evidence that forgotten memories are still there even thoug...
The Nature of Expertise
Syeda
March 18, 2019
Proceduralization Proceduralization refers to the process by which people switch from explicit use of declarative knowledge to direct ...