40 Questions
What is the term for the innate understanding of basic principles governing the behavior of physical objects?
Folk physics
What is the primary difference between Fodorean modules and Darwinian modules?
Fodorean modules are informationally encapsulated, while Darwinian modules are not
What is the term for the ability to detect people who violate social norms or rules?
Cheater detection
What is the term for the study of permissions, prohibitions, and obligations?
Deontic reasoning
What is the hypothesis that suggests that the mind is composed of specialized modules that evolved to solve specific problems?
Massive Modularity Hypothesis
What is the term for the innate understanding of other people's mental states and behavior?
Folk psychology
What is the primary mechanism by which communication takes place between modules on different layers in ACT-R?
Via buffers or workspaces
What is the organizational structure of declarative memory in ACT-R?
In chunks
What is the purpose of production rules in ACT-R?
To specify actions for the system to perform
What is the characteristic of production rules in ACT-R that allows them to be composed together?
They can be nested
What is the fundamental nature of the modules in ACT-R?
They are encoded in the form of physical symbols
What is the key feature of ACT-R that allows it to integrate symbolic and subsymbolic processing?
It uses a hybrid architecture
What is the primary characteristic of modular processing, according to Jerry Fodor's theory?
Domain-specificity and informational encapsulation
Which cognitive architecture is a hybrid of symbolic and subsymbolic processing?
ACT-R
What is the primary function of the cheater detection module, according to the Massive Modularity Hypothesis?
To recognize and respond to social rule violations
What is the term used to describe the idea that the mind is organized into specialized information-processing modules?
Modularity Hypothesis
Which of the following is an example of a nonmodular process, according to Fodor's theory?
Solving complex problems
What is the primary advantage of modular processing, according to Fodor's theory?
Speed and efficiency
What is the primary reason why people are better at reasoning with deontic conditionals?
Because they are able to use a specialized module for monitoring social exchanges and detecting cheaters
What is the theory that suggests that people have a specialized module for detecting cheaters in social exchanges?
Cosmides and Tooby's Cheater Detection Module
What is the main difference between deontic and non-deontic conditionals?
Deontic conditionals involve permissions, entitlements, and/or prohibitions, while non-deontic conditionals do not
What is the name of the problem that illustrates the difference between deontic and non-deontic conditionals?
Wason Card Problem
What is the percentage of students who solved the drinking-age problem correctly?
73%
What is the main reason why people are better at reasoning with deontic conditionals in the context of social exchanges?
Because they are able to understand the mental states and behavior of the people involved
What is the term for the innate understanding of basic principles governing the behavior of physical objects?
Intuitive Physics
What is the main advantage of using deontic conditionals in problem-solving?
They are more relevant to social exchanges and therefore easier to reason with
What is the relationship between deontic reasoning and modularity hypothesis?
Deontic reasoning is a consequence of modularity hypothesis
What is the main difference between the standard, abstract form of the task and the reframed, deontic form of the task?
The standard form is more relevant to physical objects, while the deontic form is more relevant to social exchanges
What is the primary challenge in explaining the genetic basis of cooperative behavior?
Individuals who take advantage of cooperators may do better
What is the name of the cognitive architecture developed by John R. Anderson in 1976?
ACT-R
Which module in ACT-R is responsible for processing visual and auditory information?
Perceptual module
What is the term for the ability to detect cheaters and avoid being exploited?
Cheater detection
What is the theory that proposes that the mind is composed of innate, domain-specific modules?
Modularity hypothesis
What is the term for the ability to reason about moral obligations and permissions?
Deontic reasoning
What is the primary factor that determines which production rule gains access to the buffer?
How likely the system is to achieve its current goal if the production rule is activated
Which of the following is a characteristic of the basic units of declarative memory?
They are associated with a particular activation level
What is the approach used to model how accessible information is in declarative memory?
Subsymbolic equations
What is the primary difference between the general information processing and the calculations that determine whether an item ends up in a buffer?
The first is symbolic and the second is subsymbolic
What determines the activation level of a chunk in declarative memory?
Both how useful the chunk has been in the past and how relevant it is to the current situation and context
What is the term for the ability to detect people who violate social norms or rules?
Cheater detection
Test your understanding of the organization of mind, including modular and non-modular information processing, characteristics of modular processing, and the massive modularity hypothesis. Explore the concepts of cognitive architecture, symbolic modular architecture, and subsymbolic base.
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