Questions Introduction to Cognitive Science - Tilburg University

Introduction to Cognitive Science -
questions
These are questions on the exam material (both midterm and endterm). Answers can be found back in the recordings
of the lectures, in the PowerPoints, in the book chapters or in the articles/videos for the practicals.


Midterm
Introduction
Based on PowerPoint + lecture:
 What is cognitive science? How does it view the mind?
 What do all interdisciplinaries of cognitive science focus on?
 How is the computer being used as a metaphor for the brain?
 What is a representation? How does referent relate to representation?
 What does intentionality mean in relation to representation?
 What are the different types of representations? Give an example for each type.
 What is computation? How does it relate to cognitive science?
 What are the 3 levels of Marr’s three-level hypothesis? Explain what each level does.

Chapter 3 Psychology
Based on PowerPoint + lecture:
 What does psychology study? How does psychology study this?
 What is the process of the scientific method?
 What does a significant result mean?
 What is the voluntarism movement about?
 Explain the tridimensional theory of feeling.
 What is the structuralism movement about?
 Explain the 5 attributes to characterize sensations.
 What is the functionalism movement about? What are its 3 major themes?
 What is the Ebbinghaus-forgetting-curve?
 What is Gestalt psychology about?
 What is the Thatcher illusion?
 Explain insight learning (Kohler) and its criticism.
 What is psychoanalytic psychology about?
 Describe the iceberg model of the mind. What is its criticism?
 What is the behaviorism movement about?
 How does classical conditioning work? Explain on the basis of Pavlov’s experiment.
 How does operant conditioning work? Explain on the basis of Skinner’s experiment.
 What is the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning?
 What is the reproducibility crisis in psychology? (not exam material)

Chapter 2 Philosophy
Based on PowerPoint + lecture:
 Philosophy is the search for knowledge. Explain metaphysics and epistemology on the basis of the
philosophical perspective.
 What is the most debated topic in philosophy of mind?
 What is the mind-body problem about?
 What stance does monism take on the mind-body problem?
 What does Aristotle say about aspects of the mind and how they relate to aspects of the brain?
 What are the 2 options in monism? Explain both.

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