Pyc3703 assignment 2 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

PYC3703 Complete Exampack This document is a compilation of UNISA Assignment and Exam Questions and Answers Answers are motivated by a combination of: • References • Short summaries/reasoning regarding the relevant topic(s) in question. (Incorrect options are also marked where applicable, in order to identify and disregard red-herring alternatives) Assignments covered are: • 2016 Assignment 1 – Semester 1 • 2016 Assignment 2 – Semester 1 • 2016 Assignment 1 – Semester 2 • 2016...

PYC3703 STUDY NOTES & EXAM SUMMARY. COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY DEFINED  Cognitive psychology - A study of how people perceive, learn, remember and think about information  Dialectic - A developmental process where ideas evolve over time through a pattern of transformation: - A thesis is proposed - Thesis = statement of belief - An antithesis emerges - A synthesis integrates the two viewpoints  A synthesis that advances our understanding -Serves as a new thesis  Culture - Influence...

PYC3703 ASSIGNMENTS 2021. Research has shown that memory is better when studying is broken into a number of short sessions, with breaks in between, than when it is concentrated in one long session, even if the total study time is the same. This advantage for short study sessions is called the - - - - -. 1. generation effect 2. interrogation effect 3. spacing effect 4. illusions effect 29. The - - - - - refers to the observation that the presence of a weapon impairs eyewitness recall for t...

PYC3703 - Cognition (2022 - Semester 1 and Semester 2 - Assignment 2)

PYC3703 - Cognition (2022 - Semester 1 and Semester 2 - Assignment 2)

PYC3703 - Previous Assignments Page 1 of 104 Assignment 1 – 2009 QUESTION 1 Rationalism is to (a) - - - - - as empiricism is to (b) - - - - -. 1. (a) empirical evidence (b) logical deduction 2. (a) theory (b) logical deduction 3. (a) observation (b) theory 4. (a) theory (b) empirical evidence Option 4 is correct. According to the rationalist position, ‘true’ knowledge is acquired with the aid of theoretical analysis and logical deduction whereas empiricists maintain that knowled...

PYC3703 2021 MOCK ASSIGNMENT 16. Research has shown that memory is better when studying is broken into a number of short sessions, with breaks in between, than when it is concentrated in one long session, even if the total study time is the same. This advantage for short study sessions is called the - - - - -. 1. generation effect 2. interrogation effect 3. spacing effect 4. illusions effect 29. The - - - - - refers to the observation that the presence of a weapon impairs eyewitness rec...

2021_PYC3703_ASSIGNMENTS.pdf PYC3703 ASSIGNMENTS ASSIGNMENT 1 1. Donders was interested in determining how long it takes for a person to make a decision. he determined this by measuring - - - - - — how long it takes to respond to presentation of a stimulus. 1. cognition 2. reaction time 3. processing time 4. analytical ability 2. The field that studies how to make machines behave in ways that are intelligent if a human were so behaving is known as - - - - - 1. cognitive psychology. ...