Cognitive Science Overview

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What is the primary goal of cognitive science?

To integrate different academic disciplines to understand the mind (correct)
To speculate about the mind's evolution
To simulate mental processes in computers
To study the mind's biological machinery

Which field of study is characterized by a common set of experimental methods and models?

Cognitive Science
Philosophy
Psychology (correct)
Neuroscience

What do philosophers in the analytic tradition focus on?

The simulation of mental processes in computers
Experimental methods and models
Problems generally accepted as philosophical (correct)
The evolution of the mind

What is the role of neuroscientists in cognitive science?

To study the mind's biological machinery (D) Signup and view all the answers

What do computer scientists explore in cognitive science?

How mental processes can be simulated and modeled in computers (A) Signup and view all the answers

What do evolutionary biologists and anthropologists speculate about in cognitive science?

How the mind evolved (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary distinction between cognitive psychologists and psychologists?

Their use of modeling versus the scientific method (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does the y-axis represent in the space of cognitive science?

The different tools that might be employed (B) Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary contribution of Edward Tolman's experiments on cognitive mapping in rats?

The discovery of latent learning (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary idea behind Karl Lashley's paper on planning and organization in complex behavior?

The importance of task analysis in understanding complex behavior (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary contribution of Alan Turing's article on the computational model of mind?

The conception of information processing as an algorithmic or rule-based calculation process (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary distinction between the approach of cognitive science and traditional psychology?

The integration of disparate methods versus a single approach (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary idea behind the concept of WEIRD?

The notion that typical research participants tend to be Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary contribution of Noam Chomsky's transformational grammar?

The provision of a way to analyze our ability to speak and understand language (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary idea behind the x-axis in the space of cognitive science?

The different cognitive domains being studied (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary distinction between cognitive science and behaviorism?

The emphasis on mental processes versus stimulus-response associations (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the underlying meaning of a sentence referred to in transformational grammar?

Deep structure (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary implication of the distinction between deep and surface structures of sentences?

Cognitive abilities involve stored bodies of information (D) Signup and view all the answers

According to George Miller's article, what is the limitation of human perceptual systems?

They can only process seven items at a time (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary finding of the dichotic listening task?

People tend to consciously attend to one source of information and ignore other sources (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the filter model of attention?

To understand how people focus attention on a limited aspect of their experience (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the 'cocktail party effect' in the dichotic listening task?

It shows that people can pick up on certain aspects of the unattended information, such as their own name (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary assumption of the flowchart model of selective attention?

The system is pursuing a predetermined goal (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the SQ3R technique for efficient reading?

To improve reading comprehension by using a systematic approach to survey, question, read, recite, and review (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the implication of the idea that cognitive abilities involve stored bodies of information?

Cognitive abilities can be analyzed and manipulated algorithmically (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between the deep structure and surface structure of a sentence?

The deep structure is the underlying meaning, while the surface structure is the actual organization of words (C) Signup and view all the answers