Cognitive Psychology: Understanding Mental Processes and Brain Functioning

Cognitive psychology

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Symptoms of Alzheimer disease mentioned below................................................................4
Application of qualitative research ........................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................7
Information processing in Human brain and components of Memory...................................7
Visual Perception theory........................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Cognitive psychology is that branch of psychology which deals with mental processes
and functioning of human brain. These processes includes range of process from most complex
like perceptions, creative thinking, problem solving to simplest one as well for example,
language, attention and memory. The kind of studies included in cognitive psychology directly
pertains to human brain and particular behaviour developed thereon. However studies are purely
based on scientific methods. In manner of integration of psychology to biological studies,
cognitive psychology is also helpful in establishing reasons for many diseases like Alzheimer, a
disease in which patient is seen loosing memory gradually leading to total damage over memory
loss. Also this branch of psychology provide narratives and reasons to processing of information
in human brain, through receiving information from sources and chemical reaction addition to it,
eventually studying how information becomes memory after passing through different stages.
There are many theories in this branch which talks about conversion of memory in to perception.
In this report these matters, involved in cognitive psychology are studied briefly. Report
briefly mentions about key concepts and methods of Alzheimer's and Autism, further mentioning
about their practical applications. A brief study on processing of information in human brain is
made and presented in Power-point presentation. Finally report talks about a key theory of
Perception, Visual theory of Perception, which studies development of perception in individuals
and base of differences of psychologists in this theory.
TASK 1
As per studies neurological disorders are peripheral nervous system disease, this could be
explained in other words cranial nerves, autonomic nervous system, muscles, spinal cord and
brain such kind of disorders leads to Alzheimer disease or epilepsy. Alzheimer disease is defined
as which destroys mental functions as well as destroys memory is called Alzheimer disease,this
disease also called senile dementia , in this disease person's cells degenerate themselves and die.
Memory loss this is key symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, there may be difficulty in
remembering conversations or recent things, or organizing thoughts.
People with Alzheimer ;
-They keep repeating their statements again and again
-Suddenly they forget their conversations