Psychology: Nature vs. Nurture

The 'easy' problem is concerned with identifying the Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC), whereas the 'hard' problem is related to the subjective experience of consciousness, such as why we have personal experiences. The explanatory gap refers to the difference between these two problems, where the 'hard' problem is more challenging to explain.

Cognitive Psychology focuses on how people acquire, process, store, and retrieve information, whereas behaviorism focuses on observable behavior. Cognitive Psychology uses both experimental and modeling approaches to understand mental processes.

Process models are used to illustrate the flow of information between discrete mental processes, such as perception, working memory, and long-term memory. They require a model of what the mind might be doing, and they are used in both experimental and modeling approaches.

The NCC are specific neural systems that are necessary for a particular conscious experience, and they provide a way to explain conscious experience in terms of neural activities or structures in the brain.

The explanatory gap refers to the difference between the 'easy' problem of identifying the neural correlates of consciousness and the 'hard' problem of explaining why we have personal experiences. It highlights the challenge of explaining subjective experience in terms of neural processes.

Attention plays a crucial role in visual search by selectively focusing on certain aspects of the environment, and the attentional spotlight refers to the metaphorical beam of attention that moves around the visual environment to selectively focus on relevant information.

Feature integration refers to the process of combining separate features of an object, such as color and shape, into a unified percept. This process is important for understanding conscious experience, as it highlights the complex and dynamic nature of visual perception.

Learning strategies refer to the methods and techniques used to acquire and process information, and they are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors. The nature vs nurture debate is relevant to learning strategies, as it highlights the interplay between innate abilities and environmental factors in shaping cognitive processes.

Representation refers to the mental models or symbols used to represent information, and it is a key concept in understanding cognitive processes such as perception, attention, and memory. The study of representation has important implications for our understanding of the mind, as it highlights the complex and dynamic nature of mental processes.

The distinction between the 'easy' and 'hard' problems highlights the difference between the neural correlates of consciousness and the subjective experience of consciousness. This distinction has important implications for the study of cognitive processes, as it highlights the complexity and richness of conscious experience.