COGS 101 WEEK 2 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT.

COGS 101 WEEK 2 - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT.




cognition

- definition

- some components - (ANSWER)mental processing, a set of components/process including:

Categorization, Mental imagery

Memory, Attention

Language, Neuroscience

Cognitive development, Social cognition

Distributed cognition, Embodiment

Philosophy of mind, Artificial intelligence

Robotics, Problem solving



First set of historical events that gave rise to cognitive science - (ANSWER)Before cognitive revolution
(1900-1957)

Maybe everything minds do can be explained as learned associations

via principles of classical conditioning



Look at input (stimulus), output (behavior/responses, no need to look inside the head (internal
representations)



Can understand mind based on external factors alone



Skinner argued language is not special. We don't need to study internal representations to understand
it.



List 3 "understandings of mind" described in historical review ("mind is..."), relate to historical changes -
(ANSWER)Mind is a set of learned associations (first set of historical changes)



Mind is like a machine (around cognitive revolution)