COGNITIVE SCIENCE. SAMPLE EXAM REVISION PRACTICE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS (2024 UPDATE)
According to Marr, vision is an ____________________ task - ANSWER- information-
processing
Marr's analysis of the visual system is a classic example of a _________________approach in
cognitive science - ANSWER- Top-down
The level at which the input-output profile of an information-processing system is determined is
the ... - ANSWER- Computation level
According to Mishkin and Ungerleider, the ventral pathway primarily carries information relevant
to ________ - ANSWER- Identifying objects
has both high spatial and temporal resolution - ANSWER- Intracranial
recording
According to the "old analogy" related by Kanwisher, using EEG to discover what is going on in
the brain is like .. - ANSWER- putting a microphone on top of a football stadium
According to the Computational-Representational Understanding of Mind (Thagard), cognitive
procedures are analogous to: - ANSWER- algorithms
Which of the following is not a typical difference between digital and analog reading/writing
techniques? - ANSWER- Physical realizability
, The ID3 machine learning algorithm identifies at each node of the decision tree which
_________would classify the remaining items in the database in the most informative way -
ANSWER- Attribute
Which of the features below has to do the fact that there is no upper bound to the number of
thoughts our cognitive systems can encode? - ANSWER- Productivity
Which of these is not a discrete combinatorial system? - ANSWER- Paint mixing
Which of the following areas is the Winograd Schema challenge intended to assess? - ANSWER-
Commonsense knowledge
Which of these is not one the advantages of Turing's proposed test, in Turing's own opinion? -
ANSWER- It allows judges to look inside the computer's hardware
According to Searle, the Chinese Room argument shows that: - ANSWER- Intelligence and
understanding require more than the rule-governed manipulation of symbols
TRUE or FALSE
Tolman showed that operant conditioning is necessary for rats to learn to navigate a maze -
ANSWER- FALSE
TRUE or FALSE
Tolman is usually credited with having provided a rigorous characterization of the notion of
computation - ANSWER- FALSE
TRUE or FALSE
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS (2024 UPDATE)
According to Marr, vision is an ____________________ task - ANSWER- information-
processing
Marr's analysis of the visual system is a classic example of a _________________approach in
cognitive science - ANSWER- Top-down
The level at which the input-output profile of an information-processing system is determined is
the ... - ANSWER- Computation level
According to Mishkin and Ungerleider, the ventral pathway primarily carries information relevant
to ________ - ANSWER- Identifying objects
has both high spatial and temporal resolution - ANSWER- Intracranial
recording
According to the "old analogy" related by Kanwisher, using EEG to discover what is going on in
the brain is like .. - ANSWER- putting a microphone on top of a football stadium
According to the Computational-Representational Understanding of Mind (Thagard), cognitive
procedures are analogous to: - ANSWER- algorithms
Which of the following is not a typical difference between digital and analog reading/writing
techniques? - ANSWER- Physical realizability
, The ID3 machine learning algorithm identifies at each node of the decision tree which
_________would classify the remaining items in the database in the most informative way -
ANSWER- Attribute
Which of the features below has to do the fact that there is no upper bound to the number of
thoughts our cognitive systems can encode? - ANSWER- Productivity
Which of these is not a discrete combinatorial system? - ANSWER- Paint mixing
Which of the following areas is the Winograd Schema challenge intended to assess? - ANSWER-
Commonsense knowledge
Which of these is not one the advantages of Turing's proposed test, in Turing's own opinion? -
ANSWER- It allows judges to look inside the computer's hardware
According to Searle, the Chinese Room argument shows that: - ANSWER- Intelligence and
understanding require more than the rule-governed manipulation of symbols
TRUE or FALSE
Tolman showed that operant conditioning is necessary for rats to learn to navigate a maze -
ANSWER- FALSE
TRUE or FALSE
Tolman is usually credited with having provided a rigorous characterization of the notion of
computation - ANSWER- FALSE
TRUE or FALSE
