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Decks in this class (31)

Sensation and Perception
What is sensation 1,
What is perception 2,
What is cognition 3
18  cards
Working Memory
What is working memory 1,
Examples of working memory 2,
What is the multi modal model of ...
27  cards
Vision
What does an ambiguous image lead...,
What are the problems of vision 2,
What is computer vision 3
31  cards
Colour Perception
Importance of being able to ident...,
The visible spectrum 2,
What are humans known as 3
20  cards
Attention
Definition of attention 1,
What happens when attention fails 2,
Why is attention important 3
25  cards
Early and Late Selection in Attention
Early vs late selection in attent...,
The cocktail party effect 2,
What does early selection believe 3
13  cards
Determinants of Selection in Attention
What determines what we pay atten...,
Why is attention sometimes top do...,
What stimulus captures our attent...
16  cards
Attention and Cognitive Control
What is cognitive control 1,
Inhibition definition 2,
Conflict resolution definition 3
17  cards
Long Term Memory
How do long term memory and worki...,
What are the two types of long te...,
What are the types of declarative...
26  cards
Memory Encoding and Consolidation
What does encoding refer too 1,
What does consolidation refer too 2,
What is the levels of processing ...
29  cards
Memory Retrieval
What does memory retrieval refer ...,
What are autobiographical memories 2,
What is the reminiscence bump 3
33  cards
Sound Production
What is sound 1,
Who does the definition of sound ...,
What is the audible range for sou...
30  cards
Sound Perception
What frequencies can we hear soun...,
How many pure tones can we differ...,
What is the main function of the ...
36  cards
Voice Production
What is the vocal apparatus 1,
What is the source filter theory 2,
Source filter theory stage 1 3
29  cards
Speech Production
What is articulation 1,
What does modulation of the oroph...,
What is speech 3
23  cards
Categorical Perception
What is categorical perception 1,
What is continuous perception 2,
When does categorical perception ...
37  cards
Evolution of Speech and Language
Why do people think we shouldn t ...,
What happened in 1866 2,
What are the controversies about ...
55  cards
Concepts and Words
Why study language 1,
What are concepts 2,
Feature theory 3
13  cards
Understanding Words and Sentences
What does the brain have 1,
What is a free morpheme 2,
What are bound morphemes 3
27  cards
Language and thought - embodiment
What is embodied cognition 1,
Example of embodied cognition 2,
How do embodied concepts underlie...
8  cards
Does the language you speak influence how you think?
What are untranslatable words 1,
What does it mean if two language...,
Sapir whorf hypothesis 3
16  cards
Managing multiple languages
What is multilingualism 1,
What are the challenges of biling...,
Why is becoming a bilingual compl...
17  cards
How do bilinguals and monolinguals differ?
What are the advantages of being ...,
Why should bilinguals have good c...,
Why would bilinguals have better ...
17  cards
Sign Language
What is unusual 1,
Example of language talent 2,
Why study people with unusual lan...
11  cards
Synaesthesia
What is synaesthesia 1,
What is grapheme colour synaesthe...,
Where do the colours appear 3
13  cards
Two Systems
What is the kouros 1,
What was the debate about the get...,
How many types of thinking are th...
41  cards
Two selves
What are the two selves 1,
What is the experienced utility 2,
What is the decision utility 3
15  cards
Judgements
Kidney cancer in usa 1,
Why do low prevalence and high pr...,
The gates foundation 3
32  cards
Biases and Illusions when making judgements
The illusion of understanding 1,
Hindsight bias 2,
Outcome bias 3
12  cards
Decision making theories
What are choices based on 1,
What does utility theory believe 2,
What does multi attribute utility...
17  cards
Deviations from the normative theory
The endowment effect 1,
The endowment effect wine 2,
Where is the endowment effect not...
18  cards

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