PSYCH 1X03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Headache
7 Jan 2018
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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. Bob wakes up with a heada(cid:272)he a(cid:374)d (cid:272)ategorizes the situatio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:862)ha(cid:374)go(cid:448)ers(cid:863) With previous experience, he concludes that his current condition is best treated with lots of water and quietness. Allows you to treat objects that appear differently as belonging together. Green, red, and yellow apples appear different on a colour dimension, but by (cid:272)lassifyi(cid:374)g the(cid:373) as apples, you (cid:272)a(cid:374) treat the(cid:373) si(cid:373)ilarly a(cid:374)d assu(cid:373)e they"re safe to eat. Therefore they do not need your opinion. Categorizing the current event experience and comparing it to similar experiences in memory.
