PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Confirmation Bias, Mental Model, Neuroimaging
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Thought involves manipulation of mental representations in several steps. Reaction time: how long it takes to make a responses. Eg press a button after a light appears. Press a specific button depending on where the light appears: difference between these gives an indication of how long it took to make the decision. Change in electrical activity in response to stimuli: gives an indication of when stimuli is processed. Indicate what areas of the brain are active in information processing. Concepts: mental representation of object, idea or event (often used to categorise, natural concept set of likely features (but not always true) quicker to classify objects that share. Formal concept set of defining feature similarities with prototype. Schema: organisation of knowledge (concepts) relating to a particular topic, gg. , schema for coffee encompasses more than the concept of coffee. Script type of schema related to the set sequence of events. Eg. , a script describes the steps needed to make a coffee.
