Cog A 2018

Cognitive Psych A, CTY Lancaster, 2018. || Can't spell SKILL without SKL

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#Cog_A Explain everything that has to happen cognitively for you to answer the following question: "How many hands do I have?"

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#Cog_A Simple question tonight: If you had a relative suffering from encephalitis, knowing what you know now, would you want them to be given L-DOPA?

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#Cog_A What is the schedule of reinforcement that Sheldon uses? What issues might he encounter with this reinforcement strategy?

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What is the fundamental difference between classical conditioning and operant/instrumental conditioning? Give an example of each type of conditioning from your own life.

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If you cannot come up with an example, then answer this: What does it look like when one component of language (semantics, signs, or syntax) breaks down? How can this cause communication problems? #Cog_A

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Cite one example of specialized rules, symbols, or meanings (semantics, signs, or syntax) from either break, or from our communication game in class. #Cog_A

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Inspired by Michelle: List one example of grouping or peak-shift here in class or out on break. YOU CANNOT USE HER OUTFIT - that's cheating :D #Cog_A

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#Cog_A The law of "grouping", as explained in our text, is a visual phenomenon. How might you explain group using hearing instead of sight? Can you think of an example of auditory "grouping"?

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#Cog_A Heuristics are mental "shortcuts" for making decisions; schema are the expectations we have for behavior and thoughts in particular situations. Can you draw a connection between heuristics and schema, and what do they have in common?

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How do we react when schema are violated or broken? What does this tell you about how expectations are related to emotion and mood? #Cog_A

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Given how we create, maintain, and add to categories, do you think they are a property of memory, attention, or perception? Or are they something else entirely? Explain your answer! #Cog_A

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We know that attention is a limited resource - so what do you do to "refill" your attention? How do you get more attention back after it's been spent? #Cog_A

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We've spent the last day or so talking about visual illusions. Can you think of an example of an "illusion" in one of our other senses? Is your example top-down or bottom-up? #Cog_A

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#Cog_A What was wrong with Dr. Hamdi, the doctor that V.S. Ramachandran interviewed at the beginning of the chapter? How did his issue affect his speech and his writing?

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What assumption of our visual system allows the boat comic to work? #Cog_A

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Why would it be important that our brain can utilize both top-down and bottom-up processes for perception? Can you think of a situation in which both of them would be beneficial evolutionarily?

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What are you most excited for this first weekend of the session? What is the most interesting thing you've learned the past week? #Cog_A

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#Cog_A Describe in detail one memory failure or problem suffered by the witnesses to the "pub crime".

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#Cog_A Write one definition (or detailed example) of a Memory Sin that was NOT the one you presented in class.