PSY100H1 Lecture : Lecture 1 Notes
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Constructed by our brains as artists (version of the world) We regularly make errors in the construction process and by understanding this we can improve. Only have access to a limited subset of reality. Relying heavily upon our beliefs makes us biased: we experience the world from a few steps away = perception. That is what we act on: perception = a process of creative story-telling and inference making o o. Process of pattern making in fictional reality to decode incoming sensory signals see. Therefore >> what the brain has seen is largely what the brain will. Comparing patterns that have been stores and patterns that come up. Ex = an abusive childhood will shape how the brain shapes and decodes future sensory signals: carpenter world philosophy, biases o to o. Based on our motivations, which can alter the information we pa y attention. Ex = your motivated towards your relationship (amazing while together, but nasty when apart) o.
