PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Semantic Memory, Memory Span, Mnemonic

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Stresses s r (stimulus response) relationship and argues that the relationship is. Explanation of stamped : when you encounter a certain stimulus, a certain set of neurons in your brain is activated. When you respond, another set of neurons is activated there"s a physical reaction taking place. Stresses s o (stimulus organism) relationship. Agrees with the behavioural perspective but adds that there is an internal portion where you also use cognitive processes when responding to stimuli. Example of cognition: a chimpanzee that expected banana to be hidden under a container but found a head of lettuce instead. People used to believe that learning was only accomplished by trial and error before this period. Kohler tested problem solving skills of chimps by putting them in a cage with bananas hanging from the top to see how they would solve the problem and get the bananas.