PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Computer Data Storage, Automatic Writing
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Habit: a nature or custom acquired by a person. Come about as organisms adapt to their surroundings and remain relatively constant as long as conditions don"t change in any important way. One function is to make our behavior more efficient, since habitual actions don"t need to be paid as much attention. Plasticity: the ability of an organism to alter its behavior as circumstances change. Psychologist"s fallacy: to confuse his own standpoint with that of the mental fact about which he is making his report. Comparative method: the gathering of data on difficult species and cultures in hopes that data from one will light on the others. Stream of thought consciousness: our personal consciousness which is continuous and always changing; 5 characteristics: every thought tends to be part of a personal consciousness: Every thought is my thought and i never have someone else"s thought: within each personal thought is always changing:
