PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes -Switching Barriers, Convergence Zone, Spacetime
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Psyb57 chapter 4: representation and knowledge in long-term memory: knowledge: info about the world (likely to be true, have a justification for believing) that is stored in memory, from everyday to the formal interferences during perception! Essential for the competent function of most mental processes: memory, language, thought, perception and attention. Roles (7): categorization and inference, action, perception and attention, memory, language and thought. Relies on representations!! (lays the groundwork for knowledge) Without knowledge (1) unable to categorize things: ability to establish that a perceived entity belongs to a particular group of things that share key characteristics (camera register images but unable to grasp what they mean) Categorization allows you to draw inferences! (2) no appropriate action; cannot complete the partial perception. Knowledge affects perception (3) no idea where to focus your attention (4) lose the ability to understand language.
