PSYC 2740 Chapter 12: PSYCH 2740 CHAPTER 12 NOTES

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2740
• Professor: Stephen Lewis

Document Summary

The case of mr. diallio shows the connection between cognitive factors and behaviour. people perceive and think then act. we are processing information all the time and using this information to guide our actions. Personality psychologists are interested in the different styles of perceiving and thinking and the different strategies people use to solve problems. such differences in people think are the focus of cognitive approaches in personality. The rst person who looked at the picture engaged, this is known as personalizing cognition: the scene prompted them to recall a smilier event to his own life. The second person looked at the same picture and did what is known as objectifying cognition: the scene prompted them to recall objective facts about something. Cognition is a general term that refers to awareness and thinking as well as to speci c, mental acts such as perceiving, interpreting, remembering, believing, judging, deciding and anticipated.