PSYC 2740 Lecture 6: PSYCH 2740 - LECTURE COGNITION TOPICS

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Stephen Lewis

Document Summary

Lecture: cognitive+experimental domain: topics in personality (ch 12) Cognition -> awareness, thinking and speci c mental acts explain events in different ways, it is a part of personality as one can walk away from a situation differently than someone else. Objectifying cognition - telling you what they are perceiving. Personalizing cognition - they are reminiscing about a past event. * information processing - what cognition refers too. 3 levels of cognition in personality: perception. How we tend to see things, experience physical sensations, imposing order. When we perceive might differ from person to person. Field dependence -> vary on continuum, trait like and is based on people who are in uenced by environmental cues. Field independent -> these persons are in uenced by their inner self cues. * eld dependent vs. independent. (not in uenced by the orientation of the frame)