PSY 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pedophilia, Incest, Frontal Lobe
23 Jan 2018
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Imagination: is the action of forming new ideas, images or concepts that are not representations of direct sensory stimulation, function of frontal lobe. Allow us to stand back from the immediacy of the moment so an imaginary thought can be your centre of attention (most animals can"t do this) Frontal lobes understand social norms: purpose of a nervous system is to detect, interpret (what it does to me), respond. Imagination allows one to consider responses before implementing them look into the future about what might happen: imagination allows for us to gure out how to manipulate the world (left hemisphere) Natural resources and other people: imagination allows us to empathize (right hemisphere) To put ourselves in the shoes of another. Automatic and unintentional intuition (judgements about the world art, people, objects) The process is not consciously accessible; only the result of the process enters your conscious awareness. You know what you think but not why.
