PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Multilingualism, Availability Heuristic, Knowledge Representation And Reasoning

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Ashley Waggoner Denton

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Past: thought multilingualism was a fault, that it slowed someone down. Representation is anything that stands in for something else (ex. Me(cid:374)tal eprese(cid:374)tatio(cid:374): h(cid:455)potheti(cid:272)al (cid:858)i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al(cid:859) (cid:272)og(cid:374)itive s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)ol that represe(cid:374)ts e(cid:454)ter(cid:374)al realit(cid:455) Mental representations which have some of the physical characteristics of actual objects. Abstract mental representations which do not correspond to the physical characteristics of actual objects (ex. According to a certain set of rules or specific set of features. According to how closely they rese(cid:373)(cid:271)le the (cid:862)protot(cid:455)pe(cid:863) Schemas = help us perceive, organize, and process info they allow us to function effectively within our complex daily environments. Using info to determine if a conclusion is valid/reasonable. Attempting to select the best alternative among several options. Finding a way around an obstacle to reach a goal. You reason from the general to the specific, by using a belief to determine if a conclusion is valid. You reason from the specific to the general, by using examples to determine validity.