PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Umwelt
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1. action deemed action b/c it challenges us adapt to challenging situations can involve all kinds of things e. g. prof had his knee repaired and his family doctor told him that there was something in his lung x ray. take action to reach goals fulfill desires conceptual/affect logical adapt. 2. reaction (rxn) spontaneous rxn to personally meaningful events based on past exps fast, no time spent on wondering if you should have a rxn or something you"re in it, absorbed syncretic syncretic responses to: what was said how it was said concrete features of situations. Space e. g. sensory awareness e. g. depressed people cannot be aware e. g. one could be super aware of colour. External e. g. psychologists study and reflect on people w/ exps/narratives people who study exps in art/etc. one who studies exps of those who view/read/watch the representations e. g. critics one who studies exps of those who view/read/watch the representations e. g. critics e. g. psychologist degrees of separation (vague wording)