Tag
Cognitive Psychology
Entries tagged cognitive psychology.
5 entries
Categories and Prototypes
The finding that everyday categories are organized around best examples and graded membership, not the strict defining features the classical view assumed.
9 min
ConceptProblem-Solving Heuristics
The rules of thumb people use to search for a solution when no guaranteed procedure exists, and the fixed habits of mind that can make those shortcuts fail.
7 min
Thought experimentReconstructive Memory
Memory rebuilds an event each time it is recalled, and information encountered afterward can be woven into that rebuild until people sincerely remember what never happened.
7 min
ConceptSelective Attention
The mind can attend to only a fraction of what reaches the senses, and how it chooses, by a filter at the ears or by turning down what it ignores, is the central puzzle of early attention research.
9 min
Mental modelThe Working Memory Model
Short-term memory is not one holding pen but a small team: an executive that directs attention, a sound-based loop, a visual sketchpad, and a buffer that binds them into experience.
7 min