Welcome to Cognitive Psychology

This area of Psychology is more quantitative. Cogntion is about mental processes like memory, problem solving and language. It tells us how our minds work and offers insights into how to improve these mental processes. In this catagory presently are two main branches: memory and cognition & law. You willl learn about:

  • How memory works
  • How we recognise faces
  • The different theories as to how we forget

    • Multi-store modelThe first model of memory linking sensory, short term and long term memory; primacy recency also.
    Working MemoryThe model, central executive; phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad and evaluation.
    Levels of Processing & LTMEpisodic, semantic, and procedural long term memory (LTM). Levels of processing theory.
    ForgettingDIfferent theories of forgetting: displacement, interference, retrival failure.
    Eyewitness TestimonyWhat is eyewitness testimony, and how can it be made more accurate?
    Face RecognitionFeature analysis and Holistic Form theories explored including Tony Blair.
    AmnesiaRetrograde and anterograde amnesia caused by head injury, alcohol and electroconvulsive therapy.