Cogs 1: Midterm 1 Study Guide | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 | Graded A+

Cogs 1: Midterm 1 Study Guide | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 | Graded A+ Be able to identify the definition of Cognitive Science. - Answer -The study of intelligences, both natural and artificial Includes: communication, computation, reasoning/inference, memory, planning/decision making Indicate why Cognitive Science is an interdisciplinary pursuit. - Answer - Cogsci is an interdisciplinary pursuit because of its background and reliance on other disciplines like neuroscience, computer science, philosophy, and many more. In what ways is cognition uniquely human, and in what ways is it not? - Answer -Cognition is uniquely human in terms of reasoning/inference and decision making/planning, but other forms of cognition can be found in animals or computers. How is human cognition irrational? - Answer -1) Paradox of Choice - too many choices makes for less satisfaction 2) Decisions depend on a lot of thingsex) judges that make more impulsive decisions later in the day or when they're hungry Be clear on the distinction between functional imaging and causal neuroscience. - Answer -Functional imaging is correlation Casual neuroscience is causation Example of functional imaging - Answer -MRI Example of causal neuroscience - Answer -TMAS Understand how the skull interferes with recording neural signals. - Answer -Neurons communicate using electrical currents, but they're hard to read through the skull Be aware of the