COGNITIVE SCIENCE. SAMPLE EXAM REVISION PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS (2024 UPDATE)
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Course
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Institution
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Chunking - ANSWER- (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into
large coordinated units
Hierarchial organization - ANSWER- each level builds on the level below it
Serial organization - ANSWER- organization based on chronological order
Halting problem - ANSWER- The unsolva...
Chunking - ANSWER- (psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into
large coordinated units
Hierarchial organization - ANSWER- each level builds on the level below it
Serial organization - ANSWER- organization based on chronological order
Halting problem - ANSWER- The unsolvable problem of determining whether any program
will ever stop given particular input
Tolman - ANSWER- studied rats and discovered the "cognitive map" in rats and humans
Broadbent - ANSWER- Discovered human attentional capacity is limited. At any given time,
we can concentrate on a finite number of things.
Dualism - ANSWER- the belief that the body is physical (and can be studied) but the mind (or
soul) is not physical (and cannot be studied) = the mind and body are separate
Monism - ANSWER- everything is the same substance; thought & matter are of the same
substance; thought is a byproduct of brain processes & stops existing when the body dies
Froward engineering - ANSWER- design to complete a function
Reverse engineering - ANSWER- The process of taking something apart and analyzing its
workings in detail, usually with the intention to understand function, prepare documentation,
, electronic data, or construct a new or improved device or program, without actually copying from
the original.
Behaviorism - ANSWER- an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable
behavior
Cognitive science - ANSWER- an interdisciplinary effort to understand the mind; includes the
disciplines of cognitive psychology, philosophy, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, linguistics,
and anthropology
Lashley - ANSWER- The scientist who identified the problem with serial order of behavior.
Shannon - ANSWER- The scientist who invented the idea of bits.
Latent Learning - ANSWER- a change in behavior due to experience acquired without
conscious effort
Representations - ANSWER- the ability to form mental symbols and present experiences to
oneself mentally
Set theory - ANSWER- the mathematical idea that group A can fall under group B's category,
but group B doesn't necessarily fall under group A.
Transitivity - ANSWER- A derived (i.e., untrained) stimulus-stimulus relation (e.g., A = C, C
= A) that emerges as a product of training two other stimulus-stimulus relations (e.g., A = B, B =
C).
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