Cognition
Textbook Reading
Chapter 7: pages 245 - 274
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VII. Cognition (8–10%)
In this unit students learn how humans convert sensory input into kinds of
information . They examine how humans learn, remember, and retrieve information .
This part of the course also addresses problem solving, language, and creativity .
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
• Compare and contrast various cognitive processes:
— effortful versus automatic processing;
— deep versus shallow processing;
— focused versus divided attention .
• Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of memory
(e .g ., short-term memory, procedural memory) .
• Outline the principles that underlie effective encoding, storage, and construction
of memories .
• Describe strategies for memory improvement .
• Synthesize how biological, cognitive, and cultural factors converge to facilitate
acquisition, development, and use of language .
• Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that influence their
effectiveness .
• List the characteristics of creative thought and creative thinkers .
• Identify key contributors in cognitive psychology (e .g ., Noam Chomsky,
Hermann Ebbinghaus, Wolfgang Köhler, Elizabeth Loftus, George A . Miller)
In this unit students learn how humans convert sensory input into kinds of
information . They examine how humans learn, remember, and retrieve information .
This part of the course also addresses problem solving, language, and creativity .
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
• Compare and contrast various cognitive processes:
— effortful versus automatic processing;
— deep versus shallow processing;
— focused versus divided attention .
• Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of memory
(e .g ., short-term memory, procedural memory) .
• Outline the principles that underlie effective encoding, storage, and construction
of memories .
• Describe strategies for memory improvement .
• Synthesize how biological, cognitive, and cultural factors converge to facilitate
acquisition, development, and use of language .
• Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that influence their
effectiveness .
• List the characteristics of creative thought and creative thinkers .
• Identify key contributors in cognitive psychology (e .g ., Noam Chomsky,
Hermann Ebbinghaus, Wolfgang Köhler, Elizabeth Loftus, George A . Miller)
