PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 37: Asian Canadians, Kanzi, Semantic Differential
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At the most basic cognition (thinking) refers to processing a mental representation (mental expression) of a problem or situation. Concepts are ideas that represent categories of objects or events. Language consists of words or symbols and rules for combining them. Thinking involves attention, pattern recognition, memory, decision making, intuition, knowledge and more. More than half of us also experience imagery for movement, touch, taste, smell and pain. Thus, metal images are often than just pictures . e. g. - your image of a bakery also may include a delicious aroma. Some people even have a rare form of imagery called synesthesia. For these individuals, images cross normal sensory barriers. e. g. - for one such person a spicy chicken tastes pointy, for another pain is the colour orange and for the third voices unleash a ood of colours and tastes. We use variations of images to think, remember and solve problems. e. g. - make a decision and solve a problem.
