COGS 100 EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
True/ False: We have very concrete definitions of what constitutes an organism and
these definitions specifically disqualify nonorganic organisms - ANSWER False
Cybernetics is the scientific study of control and communication in the _ and the _. -
ANSWER animal, machine
Part 1 of formal logic system - ANSWER A set of symbols
Part 2 of formal logic system - ANSWER A way of joining symbols
Part 3 of formal logic system - ANSWER A way of expressing complex propositions
True/False: John Searle says that formal symbol manipulation in and of itself can
account for thinking - ANSWER False
Why does the shape of the bat's ear matter? - ANSWER Angles of entry distort sound for
localization
Norbert Weiner's fundamental analogy between - ANSWER automatic machines, human
nervous system
Which is analogous to the brain: The (machine) or the (operation) of the machine plus
the instructions fed into it - ANSWER operation
3 examples of formal systems - ANSWER John Von Neumann Computer, Turing Machine,
, Logic Systems
Which of the following does have semantic knowledge of Chinese in the Chinese Room
argument? - ANSWER none
Dawson: The external world - ANSWER Controls information which is stored and can
supply information storage
Steering mechanisms of a ship are an example of - ANSWER feedback mechanism
True/False: "Brains Cause Minds" is a Functionalist perspective - ANSWER False
Gibson says that the purpose of perception is to find: - ANSWER affordances
The possibilities for action that a particular object permits a particular agent - ANSWER
affordances
True/False: Behaviorism and Cognitivism share the same central thesis about the
functioning of the mind along with what to focus on in order to understand human
behavior - ANSWER False
True/False: A change to the human body would result in a significant effect on human
cognitive function - ANSWER True
Functionalism supports the idea we may one day be able to upload our minds to
non-biological substrates - ANSWER True
What does "representational bottlenecks" mean? - ANSWER Result of needing to make
quick and detailed mental models
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
True/ False: We have very concrete definitions of what constitutes an organism and
these definitions specifically disqualify nonorganic organisms - ANSWER False
Cybernetics is the scientific study of control and communication in the _ and the _. -
ANSWER animal, machine
Part 1 of formal logic system - ANSWER A set of symbols
Part 2 of formal logic system - ANSWER A way of joining symbols
Part 3 of formal logic system - ANSWER A way of expressing complex propositions
True/False: John Searle says that formal symbol manipulation in and of itself can
account for thinking - ANSWER False
Why does the shape of the bat's ear matter? - ANSWER Angles of entry distort sound for
localization
Norbert Weiner's fundamental analogy between - ANSWER automatic machines, human
nervous system
Which is analogous to the brain: The (machine) or the (operation) of the machine plus
the instructions fed into it - ANSWER operation
3 examples of formal systems - ANSWER John Von Neumann Computer, Turing Machine,
, Logic Systems
Which of the following does have semantic knowledge of Chinese in the Chinese Room
argument? - ANSWER none
Dawson: The external world - ANSWER Controls information which is stored and can
supply information storage
Steering mechanisms of a ship are an example of - ANSWER feedback mechanism
True/False: "Brains Cause Minds" is a Functionalist perspective - ANSWER False
Gibson says that the purpose of perception is to find: - ANSWER affordances
The possibilities for action that a particular object permits a particular agent - ANSWER
affordances
True/False: Behaviorism and Cognitivism share the same central thesis about the
functioning of the mind along with what to focus on in order to understand human
behavior - ANSWER False
True/False: A change to the human body would result in a significant effect on human
cognitive function - ANSWER True
Functionalism supports the idea we may one day be able to upload our minds to
non-biological substrates - ANSWER True
What does "representational bottlenecks" mean? - ANSWER Result of needing to make
quick and detailed mental models
