PSYC 309 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Amygdala, Phineas Gage, Mind-Wandering
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Cognitive psychology & neuroscience: a look back and a look forward. A non-academic discussion of cognition: (cid:858)dull(cid:859) to (cid:858)a(cid:448)g(cid:859) to (cid:858)(cid:271)(cid:396)ight(cid:859) to (cid:858)ge(cid:374)ius(cid:859) everyone has a scholastic aptitude (aka intelligence), there is variability. Attention = gateway of mental processes (pay attention!) Conceptualization of an idea (insight/understanding) (cid:862)wh(cid:455) do(cid:374)(cid:859)t i get this (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)ept/idea? (cid:863: some ppl can understand faster than others (variability b/w ppl on how they pick up skills, etc. ) ): trying something never tried before, relating to things we already know to absorb new things never encountered before: comparing new exp w/old one; association of knowledge eg. nurse hospital, syringe. Expertise others look to you to get knowledge, learning from your experiences (having wisdom & being the (cid:862)go to(cid:863) pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:863)(cid:895) Creativity can offer new lens to problems, thinking flexibly, seeing same problem in a different way (eg. someone from diff faculty) thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g (cid:862)outside the (cid:271)o(cid:454)(cid:863) Seeing the world differently same stimulus, but different reactions.
