Cognitive Psychology Questions

who are the two separate psychologists investigating factors affecting the eye witness testimony?

-similarity: grouping similar objects-proximity: grouping objects near each other-continuity: connected figures over disconnected ones-closure: filling in incomplete images as wholes-connectedness: grouping objects with a common motion

1) hit—signal present and subject says "yes"2) miss—signal present and subject says "no"3) false alarm—signal absent and subject says "yes"4) correct rejection—signal absence and subject says "no"

1) light triggers photochemical reaction in rods and cones2) rods and cones activate bipolar cells3) bipolar cells activate ganglion cells, which converge to form the optic nerve and sends info to the occipital lobe

When we ignore new information and rely solely on past experiences, it can become racism, discrimination, sexism, etc.

-retrograde amnesia (forgetting events from before an injury)-anterograde amnesia (forgetting events after the injury)

-repetition-elaborating rehearsal (organizing info)-mnemonics

A person usually recalls a reconstruction of an event, not a replica; pieced together from few highlights

-encoding (getting info in)-storage (retaining info)-retrieval (recognizing and recalling info)

-sensory memory (fleeting 1st memory storer)-short term memory (working)-long term memory (unlimited)

Large amounts of neurotransmitter glutamate is released and binds with neurons; hippocampus changes memories from STM to LTM

-episodic memory (unique personal life)-semantic memory (common knowledge; meanings)-procedural memory (procedures)

Stimuli must be encoded (converting stimuli into a form the brain can understand and use)

lisa feldman-barrett TED talk "you aren't at the mercy of your emotions..."

Can only recall seven bits of info and will be forgotten quickly without rehearsal

The right and left frontal lobe store different information memories migrate for storage we are the memory consolidation process And never really have a set place in the brain

Acts as a loading dock where the brain registers and temporarily Stores aspects of an event, then it feeds the info into other regions of the brain for storage

vision from the left side of eyes is processed by the

After sound waves have reached the receptor cells, what part of the brain would the thalamus send the information for recognition and interpretation?

What are the most important aspects of light that make vision possible?