PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Freudian Slip, Unconscious Mind, Cognitive Psychology
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Lecture 1 scientific study of the processes and products of the human mind. What exists in the world cant see process: absorbing(sensation, processing (perception, computations, integration, responding (decision and action) Importance: cognitive resources are appearing to be limited, cognition is important for functioning well in the world. Variability: within subject difference in cognitive functioning- within one person (visual vs verbal, there are between-subject differences in cognitive functioning -between people. Flexibility: cognitive abilities often change, for better or worse, with development or dysfunction, many cognitive abilities are malleable, at least to some extent. Freudian theory: the unconscious mind, freudian slips, latent (reason for dream) and manifest content (how dream is populated, dreams, personality theory. Id, superego, ego: defense mechanisms, origins of psychiatric illnesses, hysterical women- crazy women without uterus. Inkblot test and hypnosis used: limitations, falsifia(cid:271)ilit(cid:455): (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t pro(cid:448)e freud (cid:449)ro(cid:374)g (cid:271)ut idea still has (cid:448)alue.
