PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Axon Terminal, Subliminal Stimuli, Suger
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Psy 100 lecture # 1 fundamental insights of psychology. #1 reality is a story told to us by our brains. We interact with a reality that our sensory receptor has picked up & is then neurologically constructed in our brains. Our brains are artists not mirrors takes bits of info and puts it a story together . A construction of reality interpretations : this construction process involves a lot of guesswork filling in the gaps. Its predisposed to function in a certain way. Fred we are bombarded with experience all the time. We only have acess to a subset of all these experiences. Limitations: the sensitivity of our sensory mechanism our attention capacity. Perception- brain trying to figure out whats going on. Dark black furry, in toronto > dog perceptions drive behaviours. Your brain is making guesses all the time but sometimes systematic errors occur and we are wrong. But it"s a time saver when we make guesses.
