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What is Cognition?

Understand the principles that define the Cognitive Level of Analysis, including top-down and bottom-up processing, perception, scientific study of the mind, social and cultural influences, and schema verbal protocols.

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What is Cognition?

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  1. What is Cognition? November 8, 2017

  2. Learning Outcome Outline the principles that define the Cognitive Level of Analysis

  3. Principles that Define the CLOA

  4. Principles that Define the Cognitive Level of Analysis • Mental processes guide behavior. • Top-down vs Bottom-up processing • Perception • The mind can be studied scientifically. • Experimental method • Cognitive processes are influenced by social and cultural factors. • Schema

  5. Verbal Protocols

  6. Find the numerical value of each letter. Each letter is assigned a value from 0 - 9. No digit is repeated. D = 5 DONALD + GERALD ROBERT

  7. Solution

  8. Questions • Were there any trends in how they solved the problem? • How well do you think that they were able to articulate what they were actually thinking? How do you feel when you do this for your math teacher? • To what extent do you feel that your note taking was accurate?

  9. Classical Studies in Cognitive Psychology

  10. For tomorrow, look up information on one of the following studies: Ebbinghaus and the Forgetting Curve (1885) Miller’s Chunking of Information (1956) Bartlett on sharpening, leveling, and assimilation (1932)

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