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Cognitive Psychology Glossary - Set C
A collection of 34 flashcards covering key terms and concepts in cognitive psychology, drawn from a set of 34 questions with answers.
categorial perception
discontinuous categories of speech sounds, see McGurk
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Key Terms
Term
Definition
categorial perception
discontinuous categories of speech sounds, see McGurk
categorial syllogism
syllogism involving information of categorical memberships
causal inference
judgements about causation
the central executive
both coordinates attentional activities and governs responses
cerebellum
bodily coordination, balance, muscle tone, procedural memory
change blindness
inability to detect changes (e.g. 'asking for the way')
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
categorial perception | discontinuous categories of speech sounds, see McGurk |
categorial syllogism | syllogism involving information of categorical memberships |
causal inference | judgements about causation |
the central executive | both coordinates attentional activities and governs responses |
cerebellum | bodily coordination, balance, muscle tone, procedural memory |
change blindness | inability to detect changes (e.g. 'asking for the way') |
characteristic features | qualities that describe the prototype, but are not necessary for it |
child-directed speech | maternalese |
coarticulation | occurs when phonemes are produced overlappingly |
cocktail party problem | how to track only one conversation |
cognitive maps | internal representations of our physical world |
cognitive psychology | study of how people perceive, learn, remember, think about information |
cognitivism | the belief that much of human behavior can be explained in terms of how we think |
comprehension processes | used to make sense of texts as a whole |
conditional reasoning | drawing conclusions based on if-then-clauses |
cones | less numerous, color, effective only in bright light |
conjunction search | looking for a particular combination of features |
connectionist models | according to connectionist models, we handle many cognitive operations simultaneously through a network distributed in the brain |
consciousness | feeling of awareness + content of awareness |
consolidation | integrating new info into stored info |
constructive | prior experience affects how we recall stuff and what we recall from memory |
constructive perception | we construct perception on the basis of sense data and other information |
content morphemes | words that convey meaning |
context effects | influence of context on perception |
contextualism | belief that intelligence must be understood in its real-world context |
contralateral | from one side to another |
controlled processes | available to and even require conscious control |
convergent thinking | narrowing down multiple possibilities to arrive at a single best answer |
converging operations | the use of multiple approaches and techniques to address a problem |
cooing | the infant's oral expressions exploring vowel sounds |
core | refers to the defining features of something to be considered an example of a category |
creativity | producing something original and worthwhile |
culture-fair | equally appropriate to members of different cultures |
culture-relevant tests | e.g. intelligence tests |