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Cognitive Psych Test 1
Chapters 1-4
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
09/18/2016

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Early understanding of "The mind"
Definition
System that creates representations of the world so the animal can act to achieve its goals
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Franciscus Donders
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Measured how long it takes a person to make a decision by measuring reaction time
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Two types of reaction time
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Simple Reaction and Choice Reaction
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Simple Reaction
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measure time between stimulus presentation and person's response to stimulus
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Choice Reaction
Definition
2 stimuli locations, measure time to determine if stimuli is presented on left or right
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Reaction time side note*
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Can't measure mental function directly, but can measure behavior
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