Psychology SL
Psychology SL
9
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Unit 1 - Research Methodology
Unit 1 - Research Methodology
Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour
Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour
Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Unit 4 - Sociocultural Approach To Behaviour
Unit 4 - Sociocultural Approach To Behaviour
Unit 6 - Health psychology
Unit 6 - Health psychology
Unit 7 - Pyschology Of Human Relationships
Unit 7 - Pyschology Of Human Relationships
Unit 8 - Developmental psychology
Unit 8 - Developmental psychology
Unit 9 - Internal Assessment
Unit 9 - Internal Assessment
Unit 10 - The IB Curriculum - A Conceptual Model
Unit 10 - The IB Curriculum - A Conceptual Model
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Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Psychology SL
Psychology SL

Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour

Understanding Cognitive Processes Thinking & Decision-Making

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Hello awesome student! 😎 Let's dive deep into this ocean of cognitive processes, specifically focusing on thinking and decision-making. We promise it'll be a fun swim!

Cognitive processes & the computer metaphor 🖥️

Cognitive processes are like computer software running in the brain, processing info at different stages.

 

Perception: It's like your brain's camera. It snaps pictures of your surroundings to register information.

 

Memory: Your brain's storage device. It encodes (saves), stores and retrieves (opens) information.

 

Thinking: This one's your brain's editing software! It breaks down information (analysis), combines different bits of information (synthesis), and sorts info into categories (categorization). It also draws conclusions and makes inferences. Cool thing about thinking? It produces new info! 🎉

 

And, to visualize it, consider playing Minecraft. Perception is when you spot a creeper, memory is when you remember the best way to defend against it, and thinking helps you strategize and come up with a new plan.

Thinking, decision-making, & various fields of study 🎓

Thinking and decision-making are like puzzles. They're complex, and it takes many kinds of people (psychologists, philosophers, computer scientists, linguists and more) to piece them together. They're implicit processes - you can't directly see them, but you can definitely see their effects.

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Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour
Psychology SL
Psychology SL

Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour

Understanding Cognitive Processes Thinking & Decision-Making

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570 words
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3 mins read
Updated at Emoji
Last edited on 14th Jun 2024

Table of content

Hello awesome student! 😎 Let's dive deep into this ocean of cognitive processes, specifically focusing on thinking and decision-making. We promise it'll be a fun swim!

Cognitive processes & the computer metaphor 🖥️

Cognitive processes are like computer software running in the brain, processing info at different stages.

 

Perception: It's like your brain's camera. It snaps pictures of your surroundings to register information.

 

Memory: Your brain's storage device. It encodes (saves), stores and retrieves (opens) information.

 

Thinking: This one's your brain's editing software! It breaks down information (analysis), combines different bits of information (synthesis), and sorts info into categories (categorization). It also draws conclusions and makes inferences. Cool thing about thinking? It produces new info! 🎉

 

And, to visualize it, consider playing Minecraft. Perception is when you spot a creeper, memory is when you remember the best way to defend against it, and thinking helps you strategize and come up with a new plan.

Thinking, decision-making, & various fields of study 🎓

Thinking and decision-making are like puzzles. They're complex, and it takes many kinds of people (psychologists, philosophers, computer scientists, linguists and more) to piece them together. They're implicit processes - you can't directly see them, but you can definitely see their effects.

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