Notes from Cognition by Margaret W. Matlin

Chapter 2 Notes – Cognition
1.       Perception – uses previous knowledge to gether and interpret the stimuli registered by the senses.
2.       Oject or
Pattern Recognition – you identify a complex arrangement of sensory
stimuli.
3.       Distal
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Notes from Chapter 1, Cognition by Margaret W. Matlin

Chapter 1 Notes – Cognition
1.       Cognition – or mental activity, describes the acquisition, storage, transformation and
use of knowledge.
2.       Cognitive Psychology
a.       Sometimes it is a synonym for the word cognition, and so it refers [...]

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More notes from Cognitive Psychology Class

Pattern Recognition,
Attention, and Consciousness
I.                   Pattern Recognition: Vision
a.       Definition
– identification of a complex arrangement of sensory stimuli
b.      Template-Matching
Model
                                                              i.      Templates: stored (specific) models of all recognizable patterns
                                                            ii.      Compare item of interest with templates of items stored
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These are my notes from Cognitive Psychology class.

Introduction and
History of Cognitive Psychology
I.                   Cognition – a collection of mental processes and
activities used in perceiving, remembering, thinking and understanding, as well
as the act of using these processes.
a.       Memory
– mental processes involved [...]

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