Cognitive Analysis

Topic: Cognitive Processing

Content:

• Models of Memory (MSM & WMM)

• Schema Theory

• Thinking and Decision Making

Sub Content Areas:

• Concepts Related to Memory Processing

• Schema Processing

• Models of Thinking (System 1-intuitive, automatic, quick and requiring limited effort, influenced by biases; System 2-rational, goal directed, requires intentional effort and time, analyses/controls for biases)

Topic: Reliability of Cognitive Processes

Content:

• Reconstructive Memory

• Biases in Thinking and Decision-Making

Sub Content Areas:

• Factors relation to the study of reconstructive memory (confabulation, schema processing, false memories)

• Factors involved in biased thinking and decision-making (confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, optimism bias, selective attention, illusory correlations)

Topic: Emotion and Cognition

Content:

• The Influence of Emotion on Cognitive Processes (flashbulb memories, theory of the emotional brain, the amygdala’s influence on memory encoding, appraisal, state-dependent memory)

HL EXTENSION

Topic: Cognitive Processing in the Digital World

Content:

• The influence of digital technology on cognitive processes.

• The positive and negative effects of modern technology on cognitive processes.

• Methods used to study the interaction between digital technology and cognitive processes.