Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Flight Deck, Mental Model, Surface Roughness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Part of the surface of the plane ripped away from the other part. Flight deck and forward passengers were exposed to the air. Pilot needed to develop a mental model of the plane in order to assess how best to land it in the condition that it was in. The captain quickly recognized what he had to do. Captain and first officer could not communicate with all of the noise so they used hand signals to communicate. Humans are able to dominate the world due to theur ability to think better and communicate more effectively than other animals. Remarkable ability to create mental representations of the world and manipulate them through language, thinking reasoning and problem solving. Mental representations: take on a variety of forms: images, ideas, concepts and principles. Education is all about transferring ideas and skills from mind to mind. Human cognitive skills have developed a lot through the years, even if the physical brain structure has not.