PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Exemplar Theory, Deeper Understanding, Stereotype
14 Apr 2013
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Your interactions with the world are flooded with colours, shapes, textures, smells, tastes and sounds, and yet you are still able to make sense of it all and take appropriate action. As well as your cognitive ability to put people, objects and ideas into categories and concepts helps you to efficiently process through the incoming data blitz and make appropriate responses. 4 basic functions: classification, understanding, predicting and communication. Classification- allows you to treat objects that appear differently as belonging together. Example: green apples, red apples and yellow apples can appear different on a colour dimension, but by classifying them all as apples" you can treat them similarly and assume that they are safe to eat. Understanding- being able to interpret situations by categorization. Example: the scene in front of us we see as 2 people shouting, we immediately understand that they are probably in a fight and likely do not need your opinion.
