PSYB57H3 Chapter 1: chapter 1
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Influences on the study of cognition: aristotle and plato: wrote extensively on the nature of memory. plato--likened storing sth in memory to writing on a wax tablet. Compared the mind to an aviary in which many birds are flying, and memory retrieval to trying to catch a specific bird: empiricism. recognize individual differences in genetics, but emphasize human nature"s malleable or changeable aspects. believe ppl are the way they are, and have the capabilities they have, largely bcuz of previous learning (through the mental association) locke, two distinct ideas could become joined in the mind simply bcuz they happened to occur or to be presented to the individual at the same time. environment plays a powerful role in determining one"s intellectual abilities: nativism. some cognitive functions come built in, as part of our legacy as human beings.