Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Information Processing, Operant Conditioning, Phineas Gage

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Graeme Haynes

Document Summary

True or false: we only use 10% of our brains. False: the left hemisphere strives to make sense of our experiences, the right can do the same tasks, given the chance. Claim: left hem intellectual thought, right hem = creative thought, reality ongoing collaboration, brain damage isn"t always permanent. True: it depends on the severity of the brain trauma, some people can recover partially, if neurons are damaged they can"t grow back but they can be reformed, alcohol kills brain cells. False: alcohol doesn"t kill brain cells, but it does damage neurons, human memory operates like a tape recorder of a video-camera. False: memory isn"t reproductive, rather it is reconstructive. 4 ways of knowing: method of tenacity. Involves stubbornly clinging to beliefs because they"ve been around for along time or because they seem obvious: e. g. The earth is flat/ at the center of the universe. People maintain these beliefs by seeking information that is consistent, ignoring/dismissing information that contradicts belief.