Psychology 2210A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Optimal Foraging Theory, Net Energy Gain, Decision-Making

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2210A/B
• Professor: Krista Macpherson

Document Summary

We originally discussed win/shift with regards to spatial memory. Important because it demonstrates an animals tendency to use a shift strategy that is, to seek new food sources rather than returning to arms that have already been depleted. This is an important component of optimal foraging which, incidentally, is what we are talking about today many of these cognitive processes overlap and work together. Decision making: the process of selecting one course of action over a variety of other options. A motor action or verbal response indicating selection of an option. decision making is the process where choice is the outcome. Our belief in free will is very strong many cultures consider restriction on free will to be a violation of human rights (ex: freedom of speech, academic freedom) Hindu, buddhist, islamic and western philosophers have all questioned freedom of thought & actions, particularly where unconscious acts are concerned.