Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Maps
Our Knowledge of our environment can be represented in either 1. _____________ maps that emphasize spatial information or 2.__________ maps that emphasize action information.
1)Survey 2)Route
A mental representation of one's physical environment.
A cognitive Map
Cognitive Map
A mental representation of the locations of objects and places in the environment. -Representations of structure of the physical environment.
Physcical Maps are; A) Allocentric B) Egocentric
Allocentric
The blue triangle is to the left of the green square is an example of a: A)Allocentric representation B)Egocentric representation
Allocentric Representation
A mental representation of the locations of objects and places in the environment. -Representations of structure of the physical environment.
Cognitive Map
Is the yellow square in front of you is an example of A)Allocentric representation B)Egocentric representation
Egocentric Representation
Allocentric Representation
It is not specific to a particular viewpoint-
Rotation Heuristic
Making tilted entities more horizontal than they really are
Greater Activation in the caudate nucleus (in basil ganglia) anterior regions of the parietal cortex and motor regions of frontal cortex __________ knowledge tasks A. Survey B. Route
Route
Choosing from either Route Knowledge or Survey Knowledge.....Which does NOT contain spatial information such as distance in units...or absolute directions
Route Knowledge
Representation of environment as series of landmarks, directions from one landmark to another. Info about how to move from landmark to landmark from a specific starting point.
Route Knowledge
A verbal description of a path such as --"Straight until the light, then turn left two blocks later at the intersection....
Route Map
Egocentric Representation
Space as perceived from our current point of view "Space as we perceive it"
Greater Activation in the posterior regions of the parietal cortex and hippocampus during __________ knowledge tasks A. Survey B. Route
Survey
Detailed info about positions of landmarks relative to one another....relative distance between landmarks...: A)Survey Knowledge B)Route Knowledge
Survey Knowledge
_____________ Knowledge is Independent of any particular route and acquired through extensive experience with an environment.
Survey Knowledge
Route map
a path that indicates specific places but contains no spatial information.
Alignment Heuristic
people align objects mentally(horizontally or vertically) to make them straighter than they really are -
