Psychology processes

The aroma of fmit, the taste of candy, and the texture of bread are examples of flavor perception. In each case, physical and chemical stmctures ia these foods stimulate receptors ia the nose and mouth. Impulses from these receptors are then processed iato perceptions of flavor by the brain. Attention, emotion, memory, cognition, and other brain functions combine with these perceptions to cause behavior, eg, a sense of pleasure, a memory, an idea, a fantasy, a purchase. These are psychological processes and as such have all the complexities of the human mind. Flavor characterization attempts to define what causes flavor and to determine if human response to flavor can be predicted. The ways ia which simple flavor active substances, flavorants, produce perceptions are described both ia terms of the physiology, ie, transduction, and psychophysics, ie, dose-response relationships, of flavor (1,2). Progress has been made ia understanding how perceptions of simple flavorants are processed iato hedonic behavior, ie, degree of liking, or concept formation, eg, crispy or umami (savory) (3,4). However, it is unclear how complex mixtures of flavorants are perceived or what behavior they cause. Flavor characterization involves the chemical measurement of iadividual flavorants and the use of sensory tests to determine their impact on behavior. 

With regard to this issue, it can be argued that a knowledge of the psychological processes imderlying error may not be necessary in order to carry out effective incident analyses. If the direct causes of errors are identified, in the form of the PIFs that were present when the error occurred, then it may appear to be unnecessary to try to evaluate the actual mental processes that occurred. 

Internal Error Mechanism The psychological process (e.g., strong stereotype takeover) that underlies an external error mode. 

The chapter then goes on to review the psychological processes that you need to be aware of and manage in order to be personally effective ... 

How far does your actual behaviour as a manager match your desired self-image A trusted friend or mentor may be helpful to you getting to the truth on this matter. Review your skills in managing your psychological processes ... 

The process of retrospective re-evaluation is in large part one of re-perceiving and re-judging. It is also a psychological process. By redefining our account of what happened we reach a new understanding, which allows us to let go of the past and move in new directions for the future. 

The persona who says / is not necessarily central, not an absolute ruler or even surveyor of the complex actions of the subsystems of habits. In one sense, the / is the entire configuration, the loosely connected system seen as a whole. In another, it is the claimant of centrality, the centrality of legitimized governing functions. That articulate voice does indeed represent the varieties of rational strategies. But the claimant of centrality has not always or necessarily achieved its aim. And it certainly can fait to acknowledge the necessary contributions of other psychological processes, sometimes characterized as irrational. 

In order to be able to discuss the problems encountered in different methods of group psychedelic treatment, it is important to understand the psychological processes involved in the experience. Chwelos et al. (1959) has classified these psychological changes as involving (1) prolongation of sub-... 

Subconscious-the classical Freudian unconscious plus many other psychological processes that go on outside our ordinary d-SoC, but that may become directly conscious in various d-ASCs (6) Emotions ... 

Conversion is a powerful psychological process that we do not understand well, it bears some similarity to the concept of a discrete state of consciousness (introduced later) but more basically refers to a psychological process of focusing, of giving great energy to selected structures, that may take place in any state of consciousness. 

If associational activities decay or die out at this simple level, the state of samsara will not occur. But psychological processes that operate outside the clear focus of consciousness tend to get out of hand, acting much the same as implicit you are totally controlled by... 

Creative output increases when people become aware of the psychological processes that control behaviour. 

Successful visual color matching requires a good understanding of the nature of color, how color is perceived, the influence of the physiological and psychological processes of color perception, the human element variability, and the ability to evaluate or assess an individual s color acuity. Next, it is important to define and... 

To understand the unity or lack of it in our personality, in our selves, we must examine much more than factual memory data associated with a single body. We must include likes and dislikes, values, emotional experiences, hopes and fears, intentions, unconscious processes (healthy and unhealthy), and many more subtle psychological processes. When we consider all of our psychological functioning, honest selfobservation, as well as observation of others, shows us that we are not... 

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