(Psychological Anthropology)
Fall 2018 Calendar
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Cognition
= Perception + Conception
under construction see also . . .
Female-Male Differences in Perception Brain Color Gender and Food Gender, Culture and Personality see also smell and vision
Cf., "Foundations of Cultural Knowledge," in Culture and Cognition: Rules, Maps, and Plans (San Francisco, CA: Chandler, 1972), pp. 3-38. |
In the News . . .
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Forthcoming at a Later Date
This week we're going to have a look at
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cognition: per-ception / con-ception . . . an introduction
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Go to the "Magic Eye" page and look at the Image of the Week until you see the 3D image. Click on "Need Help Viewing 3D?" if necessary. |
Cognition: Per-ception / Con-ception . . . Gone Wrong and ESP: Extra-Sens-ory Per-cept-tion What your Brain Doesn't See |
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One of the five main characteristics of American Anthropology is fieldwork, "a primary research technique, involving “participant observation," which usually means living among the people one is interested in learning from and about. And fieldwork, almost above everything else, requires attentive observation and recording of information. Much of what we are going to do for the rest of the semester is "fieldwork" via video materials from around the world. Before we get into the video-intensive part of the course (towards the middle and end), take the Selective Attention Test (below) developed by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. This should give you a little insight into the nature of observing—which lies at the very heart of anthropological fieldwork. See also "An Important Note on Videos and Visual Anthropology".
First, take the . . . Selective Attention Test Read and follow the directions carefully.
(It's short, less than a minute and a half).
When you are finished with the Selective Attention Test, watch . . . The Monkey Business Illusion Again, read and follow the directions carefully.
(4) After you have taken Simon and Chabris' tests, think about how what you learned from them about perception might be applied as you view the videos for the rest of the semester as well as the cultural behaviors in real life as you roam the world thereafter
Other Materials from Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons . . . "Demonstrations, videos from our research, videos of us speaking, etc. Dan's YouTube Channel includes most of these videos as well as favorites from around the web that are related to or mentioned in our book. You can view more videos on his personal website." Other Videos -- the invisible gorilla
The Book . . .
Wilipedia
Other Works of Interest
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Still More Questions Cog-nition: Do you see what I see?
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REM?: per-son-ality Cognition = Perception + Conception Cogni-tion = Per-cept-ion + Con-cept-ion Cogni-tion = Percept-ion + Concept-ion . .
(to think about)
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Species Specific
Sex Specific
Culturally Constituted
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- - - "Special Effects"
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" . . . an inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality, especially in technologically advanced post-modern societies. Hyperreality is a way of characterizing what our consciousness defines as "real" in a world where a multitude of media can radically shape and filter an original event or experience." |
Species Specific |
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REM: People Live in Multiple Cultural Worlds
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REM:
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Culturally Constituted Behavioral Environment (CCBE) |
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