Unit 3: Essay Questions, Vocabulary, Research Studies
Name:
Study Guide:
SAQ’s:
1. Outline one theory of how emotion may affect one cognitive process.
2. Describe one research study which has investigated schema theory.
3. Outline two principles that define the cognitive level of analysis.
4. Discuss the use of technology in investigating cognitive processes.
Essays:
1. To what extent is one cognitive process reliable?
2. Evaluate schema theory with reference to studies.
3. Evaluate two models or theories of one cognitive process with reference to research studies.
4. Explain how biological factors may affect one cognitive process.
Research Studies: Beside each research study, explain which question it helps answer
from above. You will have to memorize these studies (name, author, year, findings) for the
test.
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Bartlett (1932) “War of the Ghosts”
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DiMaggio (1997) “Schemas”
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Loftus & Palmer (1974) “Eyewitness”
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Corkin et al. (1999) “H.M” MRI
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Scoville & Milner (1957) “H.M”
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Cole & Scribner (1974) Cultural memory
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Darley & Gross (1983) “Schema”
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Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968) Multi-store memory model
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Glanzer & Cunitz (1966) Multi-store memory model
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Baddeley & Hitch (1974) Working Memory Model
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Lupien et al. (2002) Cortisol & Memory
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Palva et al. (2010) Working memory EEG
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Ledoux (1999) Emotional Brain Theory
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Easterbrook (1959) Cue Utilization Theory
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Brown & Kulik (1977) Flashbulb memory
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Neisser & Harsch (1992) Flashbulb memory
Vocabulary: (use book
to find definitions)
1. Cognitive psychology
2. Cognitive
neuroscience
3. Cognition
4. Mental
representation
5. Bottom-up
processing
6. Top-down
processing
7. Stereotyping
8. Reconstructive
memory
9. False memories
10. Perception
11. Schema
12. Distortion
13. Cognitive schema
14. Schema theory
15. Memory processes:
encoding, storage,
retrieval
16. Multi-store model
17. Attention, coding,
rehearsal
18. Sensory memory
19. Modality specific
20. Short term
memory & long term
memory
21. Working memory
22. Central Executive
& Slave Systems
23. Attentional
control
24. Automatic level
25. Supervisory
attentional level
26. Articulatory
control system
27. Phonological store
28. Dual-task
techniques
29. Multi-tasking
30. Working Memory
Test Battery for
Children
31. Neural networks
32. Lesioning
33. Explicit memory
34. Semantic memory
35. Episodic memory
36. Implicit memory
37. Procedural
memory
38. Emotional
memory
39. Hippocampus
40. Amygdala
41. Chunking
42. Narrative
43. Repression
44. Serial production
45. Emotion:
Physiological changes,
subjective feeling,
associated behavior
46. Fight or flight
47. Problem-focused
vs. emotion-focused
coping
48. Flashbulb
memory
49. Social comparison
theory
50.
Level of
aspiration theory
51. Upward
comparison
52. Illusory
correlation
53. Gross national
happiness
54. Meta-analysis
55. Positive
psychology
56. Habituation
57. Set-point of
happiness
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