Limits of processing Flashcards

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what are the limits of our information processing?

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Perception of information is selective there is always more information than we can take in
Does many kinds of information slowly
poor Calculation
memory not Photographic it’s constructive

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What is the first layer of the brain?

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The reptilian brain: Immediate automatic functions and controls the bodies vital functions such as heart rate breathing body temperature and balance

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What is the second layer of the brain?

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The limbic brain, it can record memories of behaviours that produced agreeable and disagreeable experiences it is responsible for what are called emotions in human beings. Contains to hit the Campus the amigdala and the hippothalamus it is the seat of value judgments and has a strong influence on our behavior

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What is the third layer of the brain?

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The neocortex: This layer it’s responsible for the development of human language abstract thought imagination and consciousness it is flexible and as almost infinite learning abilities

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What is system 1 thinking?

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according to Kahneman 2011 system one offer its automatically and quickly with little or no effort and no sense of control this includes learn skills like reading and understanding nuance in social situations much of it is completely involuntary

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What is system 2 thinking?

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Systems are you thinking allocates attention to the effort of full mental activities that demand it including complex computations often associated with subjective experience choice and concentration system 2 uses much more energy

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How many decisions do we make a day?

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35000

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