PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Memory Disorder, Prosopagnosia, Mental Age
8 Dec 2018
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Chapter 8. 1, 8. 2, 8. 3, 9. 1, 9. 2, 9. 3: prosopagnosia (face blindness): inability to recognize familiar faces due to a damage to the brain. Concept: the mental representation of an object, event, or idea. We form these groups using a process called categorization. Classical categorization: this theory claims that objects or events are categorized according to a certain set of rules or by a specific set of features. Graded membership: the observation that some concepts appear to make better category members than other. Sentence- verification technique: a behavioural measure that psychologist have used to research classical categorization. It is used in experiments such as a sentence being shown on a screen in front of volunteers and they have to respond with yes or no as quickly as they can. A sparrow is a bird you would answer with yes/no as quick as possible. Prototypes: are mental representations of an average category member. It allows for classification by the resemblance: ex.
