PSY BEH 9 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Affective Forecasting, Logic Puzzle, Confirmation Bias
24 Jan 2014
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Mental representations- contents in the mind that stand for some object or event or state of affairs, allowing us to think about those objects or events even in their absence. Distinguishing images and symbols of what they represent. Analogical images v. symbolic symbols: analogical- drawing of a cat (looks like the creature it represents but not exact, symbolic- the word cat is an abstract representation of the creature. Why do people describe their images as mental pictures: spatial layout, overlap between brain areas crucial for creating and examining mental images and the brain areas crucial for visual perception. Occipital lobe active during both visual perception and visual imagery: transcranial magnetic stimulation (tms) Duck/rabbit example: picture of the duck/rabbit is easily reinterpreted, the corresponding image is not. Symbols can be assembled into propositions, statements that relate a subject (the item about which the statement is being made) and the predicate (what"s being asserted about the subject)
