PSYCH 9B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sensemaking, Whistle Rymes, Noam Chomsky
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John locke says whatever we"re exposed to in our environment are the sole basis of knowledge. There are no in born differences between people according to this view. Ability to make copies of sensory input (seeing an exit sign, close eyes and imagine that exit sign) We are born with innate knowledge or reasoning abilities that allow us to understand the world around us (e. g. plato, kant, chomsky) Inferences made, associations formed, are constrained by species, heredity, maturation. Innate tendencies to come to certain conclusions; to interpret certain sensory information. Told teachers: based on test results, certain students will bloom and show accelerated intellectual growth. When tested 8 months later, selected students showed greater gains in iq and academic performance than classmates. The basic unit of communication in the nervous system. It"s a cell that receives signals from other neurons and responds by either sending the signal or not.
