PSYCH 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Preconscious, Rat Man, Cognitive Psychology
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Genetics was a scientific study of consciousness, up to wwi. Watson essentially destroyed the application of psychology to human beings. Innate processing inclinations, from very hard to very soft . Main point for today: holistic tendency of conscious representations. Good example of the holistic tendency of conscious representations. The closer together the units, the stronger the connection; the further apart the units, the weaker the connection, and thus, little similarity. Power of holistic inclinations: sensory" experiences even with no sensory input. You want to be sensitive to any signal that tells you what"s wrong. The state governors met with their respective legi*latures convening in the capital city. The structure of consciousness: 1 / 1 / 3 + / s & ~ s background. One context stream: the cocktail party effect. Your attention only goes one place; either one or the other. Boring person vs. discussion between two interesting people. Battle of britain and emergence of cognitive psychology.
