PSC100 - Introduction to Cognitive Psychology Podcast
1) Lecture 17: Decision Making
Decision making theories. Approaches to understanding how we make decisions. Heuristics that affect our decisions. Course summary.
2) Lecture 16: Problem Solving
Problem solving cycle. Barriers to problem solving
3) Lecture 15: Topics in Language
Topics in language - bilingualism. Reading
4) Lecture 14: Language Acquisition
Language acquisition. Theories of language acquisition
5) Lecture 13: Nature of Language
Nature of Language. Properties of language
6) Lecture 12: Knowledge
Representation of semantic information. Categories, concepts, schemas and scripts
7) Lecture 11: Visual Imagery
Representation of visual information. Functional Equivalency hypothesis. Dual code theory. Propositional code theory.
8) Lecture 10: Memory Processes
Encoding, storage and retrieval. Visual, auditory and semantic codes. Position effects and interference
9) Lecture 9: Long-term Memory
Explicit: semantic and episodic memories. Implicit: procedural and habit memories. Amnesias
10) Lecture 8: Memory
Methods used to measure memory. Implict and Explicit memory. Information processing approach: Sensory registers, short-term memory. Working Memory