Cognitive Approach to Understanding Behaviour
Cognitive Approach to Understanding Behaviour Lesson Presentations And Materials
1. Memory, schema theory and their reliability
Task on multi-store model of memory
Extra material for the working memory model
Further information on the case of HM accompanied by Milner (1966) study
2. Thinking, decision-making and their reliability
Task on theory of planned behaviour (TPB)
3. Emotion And Cognition
4. Cognitive Processing in The Digital World (HL only)
Media diary task
Task on induced media multitasking
Media diary analysis
How to focus?-
These instructions are based on empirical evidence and can help you to focus better.
Cognitive Approach to Understanding Behaviour Additional Materials
Additional studies and information for cognitive approach-
Hannibal, J. (2012). Psychology for the IB Diploma - Oxford IB Study Guide. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Popov, A. (2018). Psychology for the IB Diploma - Oxford IB Study Guide (2nd Edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 
Additional material on sensory memory-
Gray, P. & Bjorklund, D. (2014). Psychology (7th edition) (Pages 323, 326-333). New York: Worth Publishers.
Additional material on short-term memory-
Gray, P. & Bjorklund, D. (2014). Psychology (7th edition) (Pages 323-324, 334-340). New York: Worth Publishers.
Additional material on long-term memory-
Gray, P. & Bjorklund, D. (2014). Psychology (7th edition) (Pages 324, 340-348). New York: Worth Publishers.
Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers-
Maguire et al (2000) study
Determinants of fast-food consumption. An application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour.-
Dunn et al. (2011) study
The Foreign-Language Effect: Thinking in a Foreign Tongue Reduces Decision Biases-
Keysar et al. (2012)
Decision-making heuristics and biases across the life span-
Strough et al. (2011). Focus on the framing effect parts.
The internet: is it changing the way we think?-
The Guardian article on the effects of internet on our thinking and brains
Epäinhimillinen lapsikoe-
This polemic article from Keskisuomalainen covers some aspects of digital technology the way they influence the ability to concentrate. The article is in Finnish.
Digitaalinen tekniikka ja Suomen oppimistulokset-
This polemic Suomen Kuvalehti article tells a story how political and idealogical different solutions on education and digital technology can be.
Elämä nurkassa - How does severe ADHD manifest itself in adulthood?-
This Suomen kuvalehti article in Finnish explains the case of an adult ADHD person
Cognitive Approach to Understanding Behaviour Links
Kung fu and human information processing
Which act are possible for human information processing and which are not?
Are we in control of our own decisions?
Dan Ariely TED-talk about behavioral economics
Our buggy moral code
Dan Ariely TED-talk about behavioral economics
Long-term potentiation (LTP)
A Khan Academy video on the topic
London taxi drivers develop a different part of the brain
AFP News Agency video related to the Maguire et al. (2000) study
The case of Clive Wearing
A man who has just short-term memory
The case of HM
TED-Ed video on the topic
We might be totally wrong about Alzheimer's
SciShow newsflash on the causes of Alzheimer's disease
The Charlie Chaplin illusion
Pattern recognition and effort after meaning in action
Summary of Loftus & Palmer (1974) study
Super Psychology video of the famous study
How reliable is your memory?
Elisabeth Loftus TED-talk on the topic
What if you never forgot anything?Which act are possible for human information processing and which are not?
Are we in control of our own decisions?
Dan Ariely TED-talk about behavioral economics
Our buggy moral code
Dan Ariely TED-talk about behavioral economics
Long-term potentiation (LTP)
A Khan Academy video on the topic
London taxi drivers develop a different part of the brain
AFP News Agency video related to the Maguire et al. (2000) study
The case of Clive Wearing
A man who has just short-term memory
The case of HM
TED-Ed video on the topic
We might be totally wrong about Alzheimer's
SciShow newsflash on the causes of Alzheimer's disease
The Charlie Chaplin illusion
Pattern recognition and effort after meaning in action
Summary of Loftus & Palmer (1974) study
Super Psychology video of the famous study
How reliable is your memory?
Elisabeth Loftus TED-talk on the topic
It's ok to be smart video on the topic
Heuristics and biases in thinking and decision-making, explained
Learn Library video on the topic
A monkey economics is as rational as ours
Laurie Santos TED-talk on the topic
The surprising link between stress and memory
TED-Ed video on the topic
How video games change the brain
Neuroscience news article
Are digital devices altering our brains?
Scientific American article
Nueral basis of video gaming: a systematic review
Palaus et al (2017) study in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Impact of video games on plasticity of the hippocampus
West et al (2018) study in Nature
Does playing violent video games cause aggression?
Kühn et al (2018) study in Nature
Playing action games can actually harm your brain
University of Montreal news
EEG-controlled wheelchair
McMaster University projeck
A Game You Can Control With Your Mind
New York Times article on the topic
Games revolutionize the rehabilitation of brain injury patients
YLE-news in Finnish
Advertisement video of RehabWall
Provided by CSE Entertainment
Beware online "filter bubbles"
Eli Pariser TED-talk on the topic
The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?
Kurtzgesagt video on the topic
The internet: is it changing the way we think?
The Guardian article on internet addiction
Päihdelinkki: nettiriippuvuustesti
Internet Addiction Test (IAT) in Finnish
Several Internet Addiction Tests (IATs)
NetAddiction.com
SAMR model
A quick guide
Importance of sleep to our welfare
YLE news in Finnish
Do smartphones ruin the stone age brains of Homo sapiens?
This YLE Tiedeykkönen podcast in Finnish summarizes the main points of the HL extension Cognitive processing in the digital world and more. Highly recommended!
Screens break the empathy mechanisms of the brain - what kind of body language do we need to communicate?
This Yle Tiedeykkönen podcast in Finnish explains some of most important points in the HL extension Cognitive processing in the digital world and more. Highly recommended!