PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes -Headache
10 Dec 2012
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Attention helps you to focus finite mental resources on key parts of the active scene. Memory helps you recall specific behaviours, which are appropriate to your current needs. Without the cognitive ability to categorize, every sensory experience would be completely unique, thus making you unable to draw connections with the past and being forced to make unique decisions on even the most routine actions. Sumit wakes up with a headache and categorizes the situation in hangovers . With previous experience, he concludes that his current condition is best treated with lots of water and quietness. Illusion of the expert: feeling that something must be simple because you"re so good at it. Susceptible to this when dealing with simple categories. When asked to define rules, you may find it difficult to properly exclude and include items for category membership. When given a test stimulus, you can easily decide membership.
