PSYC14H3 Lecture 5: Perception, Cognition, & Culture
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Inferences made based on the rules of formal logic and avoidance of contradiction: focus on social obligation and collective agency. Greeks (irrigation, porcelain, watertight compartments, magnetic compass, immunization, etc. : holistic thought, an orientation to the context or field as a whole. How does one get knowledge: 3) cognitive processes, the ways that we know the world, the way we process information. Cognition and culture: social organization directs attention to some aspects of the field at the expense of others, metaphysics guides tacit epistemology, that is, beliefs about what is important to know and how knowledge can be obtained (reasoning) Social organization directs attention to some aspects of the field at the expense of others. Eye movements during scene perception chua et al. , (2005: past research suggests , north americans (analytic thought) attend to focal objects more than east. Culture and the physical environment miyamoto et al. , (2006: past research suggests .
