COGS 100 Exam Review Questions And Answers
Central hypothesis of cognitive science - ANSWER Thinking is best understood in terms
of representations and procedures
Computational level - ANSWER What is the precise problem we are trying to solve and
why?
Algorithmic level - ANSWER How does the system solve these problems?
Implementational level - ANSWER What is the information processor made of? What
physical changes take place as the info is processed?
Referent - ANSWER thing that a symbol represents
Production rule ANSWER IF-THEN statement about what to do in a situation
Analogy ANSWER A similarity or comparison between two objects or situations
Procedure ANSWER A way of acting on a representation
Algorithm ANSWER A formal procedure with specific steps
Deductive reasoning ANSWER Reasoning when a conclusion is reached by stating a
general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (general to specific)
Inductive reasoning - ANSWER A kind of logic in which generalizations are formed from
a great many specific observations, specific to general
, Physical Symbol System (PSS) - ANSWER Symbols are combined to form expressions
Symbol grounding problem - ANSWER A computer's representations are not grounded
or intentional
WEIRD - ANSWER Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic
The dynamical systems perspective - ANSWER Representations are not static- PSS
often struggles to handle change
Metaphysics - ANSWER the study of the nature of reality
Epistemology - ANSWER study of knowledge
Monoism - ANSWER mind and body are the same
Dualism - ANSWER mind and body are separate
Philosophical behaviourism - ANSWER mental states are dispositions toward a physical
state
Identity theory - ANSWER the mind and brain are the same thing
Folk psychology - ANSWER our informal beliefs about other people and their behaviour
Eliminativism - ANSWER Folk psychology is wrong- we should only focus on science
Central hypothesis of cognitive science - ANSWER Thinking is best understood in terms
of representations and procedures
Computational level - ANSWER What is the precise problem we are trying to solve and
why?
Algorithmic level - ANSWER How does the system solve these problems?
Implementational level - ANSWER What is the information processor made of? What
physical changes take place as the info is processed?
Referent - ANSWER thing that a symbol represents
Production rule ANSWER IF-THEN statement about what to do in a situation
Analogy ANSWER A similarity or comparison between two objects or situations
Procedure ANSWER A way of acting on a representation
Algorithm ANSWER A formal procedure with specific steps
Deductive reasoning ANSWER Reasoning when a conclusion is reached by stating a
general principle and then applying that principle to a specific case (general to specific)
Inductive reasoning - ANSWER A kind of logic in which generalizations are formed from
a great many specific observations, specific to general
, Physical Symbol System (PSS) - ANSWER Symbols are combined to form expressions
Symbol grounding problem - ANSWER A computer's representations are not grounded
or intentional
WEIRD - ANSWER Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic
The dynamical systems perspective - ANSWER Representations are not static- PSS
often struggles to handle change
Metaphysics - ANSWER the study of the nature of reality
Epistemology - ANSWER study of knowledge
Monoism - ANSWER mind and body are the same
Dualism - ANSWER mind and body are separate
Philosophical behaviourism - ANSWER mental states are dispositions toward a physical
state
Identity theory - ANSWER the mind and brain are the same thing
Folk psychology - ANSWER our informal beliefs about other people and their behaviour
Eliminativism - ANSWER Folk psychology is wrong- we should only focus on science
