PSYC 200 Lecture Notes - Conjunction Fallacy, Divergent Thinking, Vending Machine
11 Feb 2014
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Inside the black box: behaviorists, how to assess objectively what"s going on inside, reaction time in different situations, thousands of studies importance of replication. Thinking: what is it, manipulation of words & images, manipulation of symbolic representations of words and images, studies how the mind, cognitive psychology. Organizes perceptions logically/illogically: prototype theory memory is associanistic in nature, categories not defined by absolute boundaries, prototype perfect; doesn"t have to be real; compared to object at hand. Categories: priming, a mental grouping of persons, places, ideas, events, or objects that share. When one concept is activated", others nearby in the network are primed. Primed easier to remember; warmed up . Two conditions: look at bunnies look at rabbit/duck illusion see rabbit, look at ducks look at rabbit/duck illusion see duck. Any time you process information in any way, certain meaning centres in the brain are activated with an effect on recall.
