Cog Sci C100 Midterm 1 | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2025/2026 | Graded A+

Cog Sci C100 Midterm 1 | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2025/2026 | Graded A+ As humans, we are cognitive beings who - Answer -• Acquire information about the world around us • Integrate that information with prior knowledge from our stored memory • Store that knowledge in our memory so we can use it later to help us achieve our goals First Step in the process of acquiring knowledge about the world involves: - Answer -Sensation and Perception Sensation - Answer -process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive stimulus energies from the environment and transduce them into neural impulses Perception - Answer -process of interpreting and organizing sensory information through use of previous knowledge Models of Object Perception - Answer -Template Matching ModelFeature-Analysis Model Recognition by components Model Prototype Model Template Matching Model - Answer -Object perception involves a comparison of the stimulus with a set of templates or specific patterns stored in memory. Problem w/ this model: cannot account for complexity and flexibility of object recognition (e.g individual differences in handwriting)