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Filter
Mechanism that blocks some of the information going through to the next stage. TERM 2
Bottleneck
DEFINITION 2 Mechanism that slows down information passing through. TERM 3
Attention
DEFINITION 3 How it is that we can direct or focus our processing resources on some particular aspect of the environment. TERM 4
Sensory Memory
DEFINITION 4 Memory that holds information from a certain sense in a relatively raw and unprocesseed state. TERM 5
Working Memory
DEFINITION 5 Processing capacity that is devoted to things that we are consciously aware of (cognition, thinking, reasoning, imagining, comprehending, etc.)
Long Term Memory
The information storehouse of information not in use currently. TERM 7
Filtering Mechanism
DEFINITION 7 Mechanism that sits between long term and working memory; controls what goes into LTM/Working Memory TERM 8
All or None Filter
DEFINITION 8 Filter that is either ON or OFF; lets everything through OR nothing through. TERM 9
Attenuation Filter
DEFINITION 9 Filter that is like a dimmer; you can block some things out, while still letting some information go through. TERM 10
Shadowing
DEFINITION 10 Repeating something as quickly and accurately as you can.
Tapistoscope
Machine used to avoid problems of the letter fading out (Shiffrin & Schneider) TERM 17
Automatic Process
DEFINITION 17 Process that involves no conscious control, performed parallel to each other. Unconscious, unintentional, consumes few attentional resources TERM 18
Controlled Process
DEFINITION 18 Process accessible to conscious control and may even require it, performed serially. TERM 19
Pop-Out Effect
DEFINITION 19 When letters leap off the screen at you and grab your attention TERM 20
Feature Theories
DEFINITION 20 Theories built on the idea that object and patter recognition starts with the identification of very simple features and later, more complex objects are built up from these features.
Feature Detection
The process that identifies simple primitive features in the visual array. TERM 22
Visual Array
DEFINITION 22 Everything that you can see. TERM 23
Illusory Conjunction
DEFINITION 23 A conjunction that is made and isn't really there. Accidently combining two objects into one object. TERM 24
Bottom-Up Processing
DEFINITION 24 Starting with simple elements and building up to the complete idea. TERM 25
Top-Down Processing
DEFINITION 25 Using prior knowledge to identify an object.
Inter-Level Connections
Connections between levels; vertial, excitatory TERM 32
Feature Level
DEFINITION 32 The lowest level on the pattern recognition scale - primitive features like lines and angles TERM 33
Letter Level
DEFINITION 33 Level where all 26 levels are represented; 26 nodes (alphabet) TERM 34
Word Level
DEFINITION 34 Top level of pattern recognition; full words TERM 35
Pandemonium Theory
DEFINITION 35 Theory that says when one node is activated, the whole network is activated and is chaos.
The Earliness Phenomenon
Information found early in the word is more important than information found later in the word. TERM 37
Cohort Theory
DEFINITION 37 The first sound in the word activates a cohort or group of all the words that begin with that sound. The information that you get from the rest of the word is used to eliminate other words from that cohort because they don't match other informatino that you get from the word.
