Flashcards: Cognitive Psychology and Forensic Inference — 11 cards

What does cognitive psychology study about organisms?

How organisms acquire, select, transform, store, retrieve, and use information.

Cognitive psychology

Studies how organisms acquire and use information.

Which author distinguished levels of analysis in cognitive science?

Marr.

Reliable experimental effect

A change observed under specific conditions.

What does perception transform at sensory receptors?

Perception transforms energy into action-relevant representations.

Associations

Do not imply causation or direction.

Which principles are included in Gestalt grouping?

Proximity, similarity, good continuation, closure, and common fate.

Forensic conclusions

Require validated procedures and corroboration.

Marr’s levels

Computational, algorithmic, physical.

Perception

Transforms sensory energy into representations.

Signal detection theory

Separates sensitivity from response criterion.