PSYC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Epiphenomenon, Naturism
30 Mar 2017
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Temporary relationships that doesn"t affect long term memories and are semantically rich. Structured representations: specify complex relationships, create new relationships on the fly. 2 types of structured representations: linguistic and visual/mental imaging. Visual imagery: what shape are snoopy"s ears, what color is a bee"s head, is a leopard tail more than half the length of its body, these questions were answered by inspecting a created mental image. Auditory imagery imagining morgan freeman"s voice in your head. Epiphenomenon feeling of looking (something real for you, but doesn"t contribute to the field of cognitive though. Is there a type of representation that is quasi-pictorial (has some properties of a picture) Specify relationship (the ball is on top of the box) Truth value (either the ball is on the box or its not) Abstract (doesn"t say anything about the type of ball or box. No distinct relationship (the ball could be on the box, or the box could be below the ball)
