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book Cognitive Psychology 4th Edition by Bruce Goldstein cover

Cognitive Psychology 4th Edition by Bruce Goldstein

Edition 4ISBN: 978-1305416420
book Cognitive Psychology 4th Edition by Bruce Goldstein cover

Cognitive Psychology 4th Edition by Bruce Goldstein

Edition 4ISBN: 978-1305416420
Exercise 1
What are two ways of defining the mind?
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The mind creates as well as controls mental functions such as attention, perception, emotions, memory, deciding, language, reasoning and thinking. The definition explains the main role of mind in determining our various mental abilities. The definition indicates the different types of cognition like the mental processes such as attention, perception as well as memory, which is what the mind does.
It is a system, which creates representations of world hence; we can act with it to achieve our goals. This definition explains the importance of mind for survival and functioning. It also provides the beginning of the description of how the mind achieves such ends.
The definition indicates that something about how the mind operates and functions. Therefore, the first definition play important role in achieving the goals. These two definitions are compatible with each other. The mind is something that can be used to achieve our goals.
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