PSY-2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Base Rate Fallacy, Phonological Dyslexia, Prefrontal Cortex
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Psychology: the scientific study of the mind, brain, and behavior. Scientific theory- explanation for a large number of findings in the natural world. These help explain why people respond differently to the same situation: people influence one another- reciprocal determinism- we mutually influence each other"s behavior. Makes it hard to draw conclusions about causation. Walk (variability), see, speech recognition, object tracking, learn (categorize the world) (heuristics- shortcut) A system of mental modules/ mechanism: information processing. It has blind spots (((((((know the selected areas of the cerebral cortex)))))) Prefrontal cortex- executive functioning and influences various aspects of behavior and personality. Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that we use daily. They reduce the cognitive energy required to solve problems but we oversimplify reality. Rich people live in mansions and drive nice cars. Representatives heuristic: people tend to judge the probability of an event by finding a.
