PSYC 105- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 50 pages long!)

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Angus is the ta to email if you have any questions, the other ta is just a backup for angus. Scientific study of mind and mental function. The most interesting questions seem easy": instinct blindness. We process information so effortlessly and automatically, so we can be blind to their existence. The way we know how bright it is is an incredibly complicated question. The brain infers what the world is like in order for those pixels to be that color. Neurophysiology : when healthy, the brain operates too seamlessly to recognize its parts; brain damage rudely tears different processes apart. Building models: when you have to implement a process, you rapidly find out how difficult it is. Why is y + x = x + y : that"s a law of math (level 1) Why does it give strange answers when representing some answers, like 1/10 = : because binary doesn"t have an exact for 0. 1 (level 2)