PSYC 1F90 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Triune Brain, Medulla Oblongata, Positron Emission Tomography

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1F90
• Professor: Kathryn Belicki

Document Summary

Experienial cogniion: requires passive, efortless and automaic thoughts (skilled aciviies completed without pausing to think) Relecive cogniion: requires acive, eforful and controlled thoughts (can handle more complex problems) 2 systems of cogniive processing: system 1: produces fast, intuiive reacions and instantaneous decisions, system 2: deliberate thinking, requires focus, reasoning or analysis. Relecive sq4r method (rsq4r): survey -skim module (head itles & subitles, quesion - come up with quesion you expect module to answer. Need to be more mindful of how we use words and think of their meaning. Ununiformed use of words prone to under construe; leads to simplisic black and white thoughts opening up realm for stereotypical and prejudice thoughts and opinions. Leaves us vulnerable to misunderstandings and others to discriminaion. To move forward relecive cogniion is key; transforms our opinions into more informed ones. We need to be more tolerant and open to experience.