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Cognitive Psychology Glossary E + F
This deck covers key terms and concepts in cognitive psychology, focusing on terms starting with the letters E and F. It includes definitions and explanations of various psychological phenomena and theories.
ecological validity
the degree to which particular findings in one environmental context may be considered relevant outside that context
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Term
Definition
ecological validity
the degree to which particular findings in one environmental context may be considered relevant outside that context
elimination by aspects
occurs when we eliminate alternatives by focusing on aspects of each alternative, one at a time (think buying a car)
emotional intelligence
ability to perceive and express emotion, understand and reason with emotions
encoding
how we transform sensory input to a representation that can be stored
encoding specificity
what is recalled depends on what is encoded
episodic buffer
a limited-capacity system that is capable of binding information from the subsidiary systems and from long-term memory into a unitary episodic represe...
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
ecological validity | the degree to which particular findings in one environmental context may be considered relevant outside that context |
elimination by aspects | occurs when we eliminate alternatives by focusing on aspects of each alternative, one at a time (think buying a car) |
emotional intelligence | ability to perceive and express emotion, understand and reason with emotions |
encoding | how we transform sensory input to a representation that can be stored |
encoding specificity | what is recalled depends on what is encoded |
episodic buffer | a limited-capacity system that is capable of binding information from the subsidiary systems and from long-term memory into a unitary episodic representation |
episodic memory | stores personally experienced episodes |
ERP | event-related potential: an electrophysiological response to a stimulus |
exemplars | typical representatives of a category |
expert systems | programs performing the way an expert does |
explicit memory | can be consciously recollected |
feature search | scanning for a particular feature or features |
feature-integration-theory | explains the relative ease of conducting feature search and the relative difficulty conducting conjunction searches |
figure-ground | what stands out from the background vs. what recedes into background |
flashbulb memory | extremely vivid memory |
flow chart | a model path for reaching a goal / solving a problem |
fovea | part of the eye, located at the center of the retina |
frontal lobe | motor processing, higher thought processes e.g. abstract reasoning |
function morphemes | vs. content morphemes |
functional fixedness | inability to realize how something can function outside its usual function |
functional-equivalence hypothesis | belief that although visual imagery and visual perception are not identical, they are functionally equivalent |
functionalism | seeks to understand what people do, and why they do it |