Psychology 3139A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Group Dynamics, Telepathy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3139A/B
• Professor: Karen Hussey

Document Summary

Understanding the mind : psychology anything psychological has to be physical first, linguistics, philosophy , computer science, neurobiology. Mind: evolved to be able to act efficiently in the world - to the benefit of the organism. Evolved to act quickly and efficiently because resources are typically limited. Mind means to consider cognitive and thought process and the recourses that include experiences. Consider intellect, ability to use what is available in the mind and use that information. Representation (whatever is in mind that represents the external world) It is important because it represents representations, and this shows how we act in the world , it is biased by the individual. Feature information allows us to create categories. Sensory information knowing a kitten is soft/ cute etc. Behavioral information allows us to know to be sensitive with the kitten. Related information it relates to other information. Experiences we all have different experiences with kittens. Formal information we know kittens are mammals etc.