PSYC18H3 Lecture Notes - Activation Energy, Behaviorism, Prefrontal Cortex
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Just the exp as it happens in real time. We use rules/heuristics to solve life problems. Your being able to solve problems in many different ways. 2 ways to talk about cognitive mobility. 1. hierarchal you have to understand all of the different layers in relationship to cognitive mobility through layers. 2. complementarities in relationship to cognitive mobility through pairs: e. g. happiness and sadness, e. g. fear-anger, e. g. interest-disgust. Actions are paired with feelings of arousal/excitation. Reactions go hand in hand with exp emotions in daily life (b/c you"re reacting to a situation) We have had situations in which we"ve been overcome with emotions. E. g. the winner in a race is overcome with happiness and relief. When we have a full blown emotional reaction, we find it personally meaningful. E. g. we can both watch the same movie and have different reactions.
