CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cognitive Psychology, Situated Cognition, Cultural Anthropology
12 Jun 2016
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The sociological level: cultural myths the fiji example the women should not eat certain foods when pregnant or breastfeeding. This reduces the effects of poisoning by 30%. Learn through experience. (observational learning, or operant conditioning. ) The production rule: the if, then rule: an example is if you eat see chocolate, then eat it. , changing the parameter for the likelihood of an outcome. The link between 2 things, then your neurons will change for the connection. When 2 parts of your brain are active at the same time, then you will experience both parts of the brain for the same situation. The change of cell structure- the synaptic changes. The synaptic changes in taste receptors to tolerate bitter foods: your neuron changes for the food adaptation. Not a good level of description for learning. Because there is not a lot of study to support the idea of learning on the physical level, many theories are made instead.
