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UC BERKELEY COGSCI 1 MIDTERM 1
2026-ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
What is Cognitive Science? - correct-answer -interdisciplinary study of the mind
Levels of Cog Sci - correct-answer -Cognition and Language (Philosophy,
anthropology, linguistics), Computation and connectionism (computer science,
psychology), computational neurobiology (computational neuroscience,
neuroscience, neurobiology), biology
CRUM - correct-answer -computational, representational, understanding of the
mind. the idea that thinking can best be understood in terms of representation,
structures in the mind and computational procedures that operate on those
structures.
What materials/mental representations make up our mind? - correct-answer -
concepts, propositions (declarative knowledge), rules (procedural knowledge),
analogies (reasoning, problem solving, decision making), images (visual imagery).
the majority of our thoughts are in ________ - correct-answer -words
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What are the 4 stages of analogical reasoning? - correct-answer -1.
Comprehension of the target problem. 2. Remembering a similar source problem
for which a solution is already known. 3. The source and target are composed and
mapped. 4. The source problem is adapted to produce a solution to the target
problem.
Where in the brain are concepts formed? - correct-answer -Basal ganglia,
prefrontal cortex
Where in the brain are propositions formed? - correct-answer -left hemisphere
Where in the brain are rules formed? - correct-answer -Basal ganglia, prefrontal
cortex
Where in the brain are analogies formed? - correct-answer -left prefrontal cortex
Where in the brain are images formed? - correct-answer -Occipital lobe
UC BERKELEY COGSCI 1 MIDTERM 1
2026-ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
What is Cognitive Science? - correct-answer -interdisciplinary study of the mind
Levels of Cog Sci - correct-answer -Cognition and Language (Philosophy,
anthropology, linguistics), Computation and connectionism (computer science,
psychology), computational neurobiology (computational neuroscience,
neuroscience, neurobiology), biology
CRUM - correct-answer -computational, representational, understanding of the
mind. the idea that thinking can best be understood in terms of representation,
structures in the mind and computational procedures that operate on those
structures.
What materials/mental representations make up our mind? - correct-answer -
concepts, propositions (declarative knowledge), rules (procedural knowledge),
analogies (reasoning, problem solving, decision making), images (visual imagery).
the majority of our thoughts are in ________ - correct-answer -words
, 2|Page
What are the 4 stages of analogical reasoning? - correct-answer -1.
Comprehension of the target problem. 2. Remembering a similar source problem
for which a solution is already known. 3. The source and target are composed and
mapped. 4. The source problem is adapted to produce a solution to the target
problem.
Where in the brain are concepts formed? - correct-answer -Basal ganglia,
prefrontal cortex
Where in the brain are propositions formed? - correct-answer -left hemisphere
Where in the brain are rules formed? - correct-answer -Basal ganglia, prefrontal
cortex
Where in the brain are analogies formed? - correct-answer -left prefrontal cortex
Where in the brain are images formed? - correct-answer -Occipital lobe
