[PSYC 221] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (16 pages long)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Caitlyn Mc Coleman

Document Summary

Knowledge impacts perception and by understanding cognition, you will understand social science. Phenomenon that require mental processes include driving, learning, olfaction, walking, laughter, writing, conversation, discernment, etc. Everything has water, fire, earth, and air. The concept of elements were restrained by these 4. First and basic nature is water (aka the originating principle of of nature) Material is not based on the physical world. Of the 4 elements proposed by thales", he believed in air the most. *thales, anaximander, and anaximenes all thought that being was a material thing. People will not believe you unless they experience for themselves. Monia" is the condition or state of something. Eg. pneumonia action of the airways. The soul comes from the breath and cognition comes from the lungs and heart. Cognition relies on computer science as an augmentation of one"s self and to remove human error and bias. Mental processes required to answer this question: Knowing how many pennies are in a dime.