Psychology 2135A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Optical Illusion, Heuristics In Judgment And Decision-Making, Brain Damage

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Marcie Penner- Wilger

Document Summary

Define cognitive science, interdisciplinary study of the mind, collaborative science, common quest to understand the mind. In class activity with the black box experiment) The allegory of the interstellar dingus: behaviour. The allegory of the interstellar dingus (story) Each a substance impregnable and opaque with sensors. Just like brain regions and humans: how breakdowns can illuminate the mind. Breakdowns are able to give us clues on how the brain system works: developmental stage, disorders. Visual illusions: how time can illuminate the mind. 0 us how long it is till we see a response to a stimulus: response times (counting experiment in class with addends) Looking at a screen with dots test (counting how many dots: cognitive complexity and necessity of bias, cognitive procedures require resources (time, memory, energy) in order to reduce cognitive complexity our brain uses heuristics, which lead to.