PSY100H1 Lecture : First 4 lectures for psy100 - date not accurate
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Reality is a story, told to us by our brains our brains are artists, not mirrors. Experiences subjectively represent an interpretation, a construction of reality. we have to fill in gaps with guesswork. We have a limited capacity to process information we have access to a limited subset of reality our sensors are limited. We have a limited attentional capacity but we don"t mind perception= sensing stimuli + info brain + comprehension/wonder + inferences leads to action. The brain searches for patterns t ries to match them with its own pre- existing/already perceived patterns. We use heuristics to avoid making conscious and effortful decisions at every turn. stereotypes: necessary abstractions, generalizations, simplifications that affect how you respond to situations. biases: partially construct their own reality (self-fulfilling prophecies etc) www. notesolution. com: ex, ex: Mark zanna studied interviewers & interviewees, noting differences in both of their behaviours based on their race. We have control over reality because we construct our own.
