PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Abnormal Psychology, Observational Learning, Language Development
25 Jan 2017
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Cognition: the mental activities that are associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communication. Forming concepts: mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people. Thinking and strategy that allows us to make judgments and solve the problem. Algorithm: insight of a sudden and real problem that we come up with a solution to solve. Making a decision: use the (cid:271)asi(cid:272) pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) sol(cid:448)i(cid:374)g skills, algorith(cid:373)"s a(cid:374)d the a(cid:271)ility to (cid:271)e a(cid:271)le to form these concepts to make decisions. Overconfident: the tendency to be more confident than correct at arriving at an answer that is more about beliefs and judgments. We fear what our ancestral history has prepared us to fear. We fear what is most readily available in our memory. Memory and fear and this thought process is what you take to abnormal psychology (mental illness) Language development happens on all different stages of life. Language: spoken, written or signals of words and ways we can combine them to communicate meaning.
