We face an endless string of choices, which leads us to feel anxiety, guilt and pangs of inadequacy that we are perhaps making the wrong ones. But philosopher Renata Salecl asks: Could individual choices be distracting us from something bigger—our power as social thinkers? A bold call for us to stop taking personal choice so seriously and focus on the choices we're making collectively.
In the first part of this lecture from Tom Foulsham, you will learn what facial recognition is and how facial inversion can impair our ability to recognise familiar faces. This lecture is taken from the "Cognitive Psychology I" module which covers major areas of cognitive psychology as defined by the British Psychological Society, such as visual and auditory perception, and visual cognition.
In 40 episodes, Hank Green will teach you psychology! This course is based on the 2013 AP Psychology curriculum. By the end of the course, you will be able to: * Understand the biological basis of human behavior and perception * Explain standard models of thinking, learning, and emotions * Recognize rigorous psychological research methods, including ethical considerations * Identify cases of abnormal psychology and associated treatments * Apply psychological theories to social groups
