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what is the view of Fodor's functionalism on the study of the mind?
Need to focus on the function of the various parts of the mind and worry less about studying
the actual brain; measuring brain processes does not tell us much
Serial (cognitive science)
(chomsky) - classical approach
Parallelism (cognitive science)
connectionist approach
Modularity
the idea that a system consists of separate independent parts
Early Modularity
Phrenology (Franz Joseph Gall) - the mind has various faculties, each of which is represented in
a specific area of the brain
Modest modularity
Jerry Fodor - domain specificity, mandatory, informational encapsulation, shallow, speed,
subconscious
Domain-specificity
for a specific task and does not work for other purposes (ex: muscle tissues)
Mandatory
automatic, cannot stop it (ex: digestion)
Informational encapsulation
, no information exchange between modules (ex: visual illusion)
Shallow
we only know their output, their result (vision: you know what you see, not the process
of vision)
Speed
they work fast
Subconscious
we're not aware of them or how they work
Phrenology
Franz Joseph Gall - detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication
of character and mental abilities.
- Idea has been DENIED
Structural Analogy
Different modules of the mind are structured in the same way
Sociobiology
social behavior is rooted on social instincts - Claims that human behavior is based on
genetic inheritance w/ environment playing a role
Evolutionary Psychology
human mind is a large collection of modules, each being selected in the course of evolution
to solve a specific problem that hunter-and-gatherer ancestors had to solve - Charles Darwin
Mental Grammar
a stock of words (lexicon) and rules to combine words into sentences (grammar)
Phonetics
DETAILED VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
what is the view of Fodor's functionalism on the study of the mind?
Need to focus on the function of the various parts of the mind and worry less about studying
the actual brain; measuring brain processes does not tell us much
Serial (cognitive science)
(chomsky) - classical approach
Parallelism (cognitive science)
connectionist approach
Modularity
the idea that a system consists of separate independent parts
Early Modularity
Phrenology (Franz Joseph Gall) - the mind has various faculties, each of which is represented in
a specific area of the brain
Modest modularity
Jerry Fodor - domain specificity, mandatory, informational encapsulation, shallow, speed,
subconscious
Domain-specificity
for a specific task and does not work for other purposes (ex: muscle tissues)
Mandatory
automatic, cannot stop it (ex: digestion)
Informational encapsulation
, no information exchange between modules (ex: visual illusion)
Shallow
we only know their output, their result (vision: you know what you see, not the process
of vision)
Speed
they work fast
Subconscious
we're not aware of them or how they work
Phrenology
Franz Joseph Gall - detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication
of character and mental abilities.
- Idea has been DENIED
Structural Analogy
Different modules of the mind are structured in the same way
Sociobiology
social behavior is rooted on social instincts - Claims that human behavior is based on
genetic inheritance w/ environment playing a role
Evolutionary Psychology
human mind is a large collection of modules, each being selected in the course of evolution
to solve a specific problem that hunter-and-gatherer ancestors had to solve - Charles Darwin
Mental Grammar
a stock of words (lexicon) and rules to combine words into sentences (grammar)
Phonetics
