COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - WITH MINDTAP
COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY - WITH MINDTAP
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ISBN: 9781337763455
Author: Goldstein
Publisher: CENGAGE L
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Summary Introduction

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Unconscious inference is a term pertaining to perceptual psychology and was coined by Helmholtz, for describing reflex-like processes as a part of the development of visual impressions. In addition to this, he proposed a hypothesis stating that a perception can be inferred unconsciously for corresponding to the most probable circumstances or events that have the capability of producing patterns of the sensations that produced it.

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