PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Stephen Kosslyn, Stereotype Threat, Kim Peek
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Encountering a person on the street who poses a potential threat, you will change your route) Cognition: mental activity such as thinking or representing information. Two types of mental representations: analogical and symbolic. Analogical representation: mental representation that has some of the physical characteristics of an object; it is analogous to the object. Symbolic representation: abstract mental representation that does not correspond to the physical features of an object or idea. Stephen kosslyn (1995) has shown that the same brain areas that are activated when we view something are also active when we think in images. Analogical representations cannot account for images that are not perceived by our perceptual system. Categorization: grouping things based on shared properties. Concept: mental representation that groups or categorizes objects, events, or relations around common themes (ex. Violins are smaller than violas , brightness, musical instruments)
