PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Frontal Lobe, Confirmation Bias, Aisle

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

A concept is a mental grouping of similar objects, events, states, ideas, and/or people, etc. A concept can be represented and communicated by an image, or by a word such as. We think we form concepts by definitions (ex. we define a triangle as an object with three sides) Often, we form concepts by developing prototypes, that is, mental images of the best example of a concept. We tend to mold our memories and perceptions to fit pre-existing categories/concepts. When its useful: perfecting an invention like the light bulb by trying a thousand filaments. Experiencing the aha moment and stating the answer. Obstacles to effective problem solving confirmation bias: refers to our tendency to search for information which confirms our current theory, disregarding contradictory evidence: natural tendency: if i"m right, then fact c will confirm my theory I must look for fact c : scientific practice: if i"m right, then fact d will disprove or at least disconfirm my theory