PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Sensory Memory, Somatic Marker Hypothesis, Echoic Memory
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The way we construct things, and why that matters. Power of extrinsic motivations and how these help us construct reality. Intrinsic is more effective; something more visceral, deeper, self-relevant. How our consciousness perceives the stuff that is out there; a subjective view. Our brains are not mirrors; they are artists sujectiivty of our thought. Filling in the gaps" based on snippets, weaving together all that we can. Fred and how he perceives and processes certain things. Selective attention trying to eavesdrop (bottlenecks in our information processing system) Light bulb going off figuring out one"s best guess perception. Creating for yourself a good enough representation of the world. Small, black, furry thing making growly noises this is what fred sees, and assumes it is a dog so calls out to it. We act as if our perception is true. But what if fred perceives a wolverine as a dog this is relative to his perception and his behavioral subroutine.
