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Cognitive Psychology Glossary R
This deck covers key terms and concepts from cognitive psychology, focusing on definitions and explanations related to memory, perception, and reasoning.
rationalist
one who believes that the route to knowledge is through logical analysis
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Key Terms
Term
Definition
rationalist
one who believes that the route to knowledge is through logical analysis
reasoning
process of drawing conclusions from principles and from evidence
recall
to produce something from memory
recency effect
refers to superior recall of words at the end of a list
recognition
to identify an item as one that you have learned previously
recognition-by-components (RBC) theory
assumes that we quickly recognize objects by observing the edges of objects and then decomposing the objects into geons
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
rationalist | one who believes that the route to knowledge is through logical analysis |
reasoning | process of drawing conclusions from principles and from evidence |
recall | to produce something from memory |
recency effect | refers to superior recall of words at the end of a list |
recognition | to identify an item as one that you have learned previously |
recognition-by-components (RBC) theory | assumes that we quickly recognize objects by observing the edges of objects and then decomposing the objects into geons |
reconstructive | involving the use of various strategies for retrieving the original memory traces and then rebuilding the original experience as a basis for retrieval |
referent | the thing in the real world a concept refers to |
representativeness | occurs when we judge the probability of an uncertain event according to 1) its obvious similarity to our representation of the population and 2) the degree to which it reflects the salient features of the process by which it is generated (e.g. randomness) |
reticular activating system (RAS) | a network of neurons that regulates consciousness (sleep, wakefullness, arousal also heartbeat and breathing) aka. reticular formation |
retrieval (memory) | refers to how you get access to information stored in memory |
retroactive interference | caused by activity ocurring after we learn something, but before we are asked to recal that thing. (aka. retroactive inhibition) |
retrograde amnesia | occurs when you loose your purposeful memory for events prior to the memory loss inducing trauma |
rods | light-sensitive, provide peripheral vision and work in low-light conditions (no color vision) |