PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Divergent Thinking, Base Rate, Expert System
13 Jan 2016
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Cognition: the process of thinking or mentally processing information (images, concepts, rules etc. ) Thinking is an internal representation (mental expression) of a problem or situation. Images: a mental representation that has picture like qualities (in relation to thinking) Concept: a generalized idea representing a category or related objects or events. Language: words or symbols, and rules for combining them, that are used for thinking and communication. Synaesthesia- a rare form of imagery in which images cross normal sensory boundaries, such as pain being the colour orange. Mental images are used to make decisions, change feelings, improve skills or prepare for an action and aid memory. Mental images are not flat, and can be mentally rotated based on. Vision- information from the eyes activates the brain"s primary visual area, creating an image, then other brain areas help to recognize the image by relating it to prior knowledge.
