Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Daniel Tammet, Lateral Thinking, Psych

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Campbell

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Lecture 3: ch 9 language and thinking pt 3 + ch 10. Creativity: ability to produce something new and valuable. Ex: two strings -> has to tie them together. Uses pliers as a weight creating a pendulum. Pliers are not used has a weight -> more for cutting. Ex: lender said you don"t have to pay the dept. Black pebble -> don"t pay dept marry lender. White pebble -> don"t pay dept doesn"t marry. Problem- lender puts two black pebbles in the bag. Solution- drops pebble on the ground full of black and white pebbles the remaining colour should give the answer. The more options you have the less likely you"ll make a decision. Daniel when to iceland to learn a new language for a week. Was able to learn speak fluently -> icelandic. We make delicious that we will fell good about delicious we think are reasonable and justified.