PSY 3051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Domain Specificity, Visual Perception, Optical Illusion
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The garcia effect: garcia & koelling (1966) Rats drink sweet water in a loud room with flashing lights. Brought rats back to see what they would avoid: Rats weren"t sure which stimulus was causing the discomfort. Rats used assumptions about the world to know which stimulus to avoid. Assumptions are not always correct but have a good basis for information. Theme 1: human cognition is inductive o. Induction, or ambiguous solutions, make up much of cognition: adding assumptions create unique solutions. You don"t need to know what you"re talking about because you"re dealing with facts. You can"t be certain about conclusion without knowing what you"re talking about. Can"t determine correct conclusion: human cognition is inductive. Children learn new words by assuming the meaning from the context in which the word is spoken. Call a cat a dog because it has fur and. Won"t call a tree a dog because it is rough and has leaves.
