PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Daniel Kahneman, Deep Structure And Surface Structure, Computer Simulation
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The aspects of objects and events that allow their meaning to be perceived directly (gibson). The taking possession by the minds, in clear and vivid forms, of one out of what seems several simultaneously possible objects or trains of thought (james). The ease with which an item can be brought to mind as a label for experience (tversky, The amount of information that can be transmitted through a communication channel. Attending to one conversation in a crowded room in which many other conversations are ongoing. The process by which categories are learned (bruner). The abstract mental structure that underlies surface structures of language, which are themselves derived from deep structure (chomsky). An experimental procedure in which participants are exposed to two verbal messages and required to answer questions posed in only one of the messages. The extent to which the information available to a perceiver is truly representative of the environment (brunswick, neisser).
