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Cognitive Science -ANS>The scientific interdisciplinary study of the mind.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) -ANS>A hypothetical machine with human-like
intelligence applicable to a broad variety of situations.
Concept -ANS>A representation standing for a single entity or entities.
Proposition -ANS>A statement posed in the form of a single sentence.
Analogy -ANS>Mental representation used to compare known information with
new information to which it is similar.
Symbol -ANS>Mental representation that stands for something else.
Synthax -ANS>A set of rules that govern any symbol system.
Dynamical Perspective -ANS>The mind is constantly changing as it adapts to new
information.
,Magnetic resonance imaging -ANS>A technique that uses magnetic fields and radio
waves to produce computer-generated images that distinguish among different
types of soft tissue; allows us to see structures within the brain.
Hierarchical paradigms -ANS>Top-down perspective , according to which a robot is
programmed with knowledge about the world. The robot then uses this model to
guide it's actions.
Idealism -ANS>Only metal entities are real, the universe is non-physical.
Classical Dualism -ANS>The belief that both mental and physical realms are
possible where the mind controls the body
Hypothesis -ANS>A statement derived from a theory that concerns potential
outcomes in an experiment.
Property dualism -ANS>The view that the mind and the body are made from the
same stuff but have different properties.
Physicalism -ANS>Also known as materialism; the belief that the universe is
entirely physical
Emergent properties are : -ANS>New properties that appear as a result of the
interaction of parts.
, Functionalism -ANS>An approach that explores the mind based on its activities and
what it does, rather than its components.
Classical conditioning -ANS>A learning of involuntary reflexive behaviors that
occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired until a response is triggered when it
wasn't before.
Case study method -ANS>When neuroscientists study the effects of accidental
brain injury on cognition in humans.
Phonology -ANS>The rules governing sounds in a language
In linguistics, a critical period is -ANS>The time during development when
language is typically and most easily acquired.
Comparative cognition -ANS>The study of similarities and differences in cognition
between different animal species.
Gambler's fallacy -ANS>Belief that one event will affect the outcome of a future
event, when in reality the two events are independent. People commit the
gambler's fallacy when they believe that the repeated occurrence of one thing
must necessarily cause the repeated occurrence of something else.
Knowledge acquisition -ANS>
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