1. COGNITION DEFINITIONS:
(find definitions in textbook – p. 19 & glossary)
Sensation
Perception
Attention
Memory
EXPLANATIONS:
Links between cognitive processes and behaviour
Using information processing models to understand cognition and behaviour
Modification of thoughts, feelings and behaviours by cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT).

2. Cognition Process (p. 19 of textbook)

3. Information Processing Model

4. Describe ways in which human cognitive processing can be related to the workings of a computer
INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL
Computer Hardware
Brain & Nervous System, sensory organs
Software
Mental Processes
Fixed & limited Memory Capacity – Terabytes
Very large but Fixed Memory Capacity – billion terabytes

5. LINK BETWEEN COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND BEHAVIOUR
Identify a cognitive skill.
ATTENTION
How is this skill shown in a person’s behaviour?
Empirical evidence showing cause (cognitive skill) and effect (behaviour) for attention is based on comparison between an individual who shows the behaviour and one who does not.
Control: an individual with attention ability
Experimental: an individual with attention deficit (ADHD)

6. LINK BETWEEN COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND BEHAVIOUR
Cognitive Skill (Attention) present
Cognitive Skill (Attention) absent
Talks when appropriate
Actions have purpose and are socially relevant
Patience
Talking excessively
Restlessness, Hyperactivity
Cannot wait for their turn
Can focus on assigned tasks and find relevant information
Controls response to stimuli and regulates behaviour during social interactions
Inability to focus on a specific task or information
Inability to control dominant or instinctive response

7. Behaviour Modification Strategies to Change Behaviour (e. g
Behaviour Modification Strategies to Change Behaviour (e.g. in people with ADHD)
Name and describe some behaviour modification strategies that can be used to change behaviour in people with ADHD.
BEHAVIOUR CONTRACT (p. 344)
TOKEN ECONOMIES (p )
Behavioural Strategies like anger management, social skills training, self-control training, relaxation skills

8. COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (C. B. T
COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY (C.B.T.) – modifying thoughts, feelings, behaviour (p of textbook)
CBT is used to treat anxiety, shyness, obesity and many types of behaviour requiring changing a person’s thinking/interpretation/perception of events in their life.
Identify and change negative thoughts associated with depressed feelings by learning how to replace negative thinking patterns with more positive ones.
Focus on the positive things. The psychologist works with the patient to help identify activities they enjoy and motivating them to reinforce positive steps taken.
CBT helps to give strategies to manage problems so that one does not get overwhelmed.

9. Explain using examples to differentiate Selective Attention from Divided Attention.

10. Habituation & Dishabituation
Compare and Contrast Habituation and Dishabituation.
Describe situations where each state is present.