PY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Frontal Lobe, Mental Representation, Aphasia
16 Nov 2017
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Mental activity associated with obtaining, converting, and using knowledge. Mental activity that involves coming to a decision reaching a solution, forming a belief, or developing an attitude. Categories of objects, situations, and ideas that belong together. Defined by rigid and logical rules or features. Can be mentally manipulated in three dimensions. Imagine this fictional map and find" objects . Participants took longer to find farther apart objects. Details are related to mental image"s size. Fewer details can be detected on smaller images. Trial and error one random effort after another. Algorithms use formula to find answer. Means-ends analyses tackle problems one by one. Sticking to tactics that worked in the past. Resistance using familiar objects in new ways. Judge event likelihood by how easily remembered. Evaluate degree of primary characteristics of a person or situation similar to prototype. Guess probability based on how well characteristics match prototype. Tendency to seek evidence that upholds our preexisting beliefs.
