Question 1

Pure artificial intelligence (AI) seeks to __________. A good example of pure AI today is _________ programs.

Accepted Answer

A)  imitate human behavior; airport control tower 
B)  imitate human behavior; chess playing 
C)  imitate the human mind; weather forecasting 
D)  imitate the human mind; Angry Bird phone App 
A)  imitate human behavior; airport control tower 
B)  imitate human behavior; chess playing 
C)  imitate the human mind; weather forecasting 
D)  imitate the human mind; Angry Bird phone App

Question 2

What was Chomsky's basic quarrel with Skinner's Verbal Behavior? Give some specific examples.

Accepted Answer

Chomsky's basic quarrel with Skinner's V

Question 3

What is "deep learning," and why is it important to cognitive psychology?

Accepted Answer

Deep learning is a type of machine learn

Question 4

Daniel Dennett's robot (R1) is faced with the problem of getting a spare battery in a wagon, locked in a room with a time bomb. R1 and his descendants are facing a problem called ________?

Accepted Answer

A)  reduction ad absurdum 
B)  the intentional stance problem 
C)  Neurocentrism 
D)  none of these 
A)  reduction ad absurdum 
B)  the intentional stance problem 
C)  Neurocentrism 
D)  none of these

Question 5

In a computer, representations of the world are processed entirely in terms of their:

Accepted Answer

A)  semantics-what they mean, what they are about 
B)  syntax-their formal properties as strings of 0s and 1s 
C)  intentionality-what they point to in the world 
D)  all of these 
A)  semantics-what they mean, what they are about 
B)  syntax-their formal properties as strings of 0s and 1s 
C)  intentionality-what they point to in the world 
D)  all of these

Question 6

Noam Chomsky demonstrated that Skinner's behaviorist approach to language was doomed to fail because:

Accepted Answer

A)  human language was just too complex to be explained by S-R theory 
B)  it was vague and could not explain how people use syntax to understand sentences 
C)  language, being a product of the soul, could not be scientifically explained at all 
D)  it did not recognize that many types of animals can learn language similar to humans. 
A)  human language was just too complex to be explained by S-R theory 
B)  it was vague and could not explain how people use syntax to understand sentences 
C)  language, being a product of the soul, could not be scientifically explained at all 
D)  it did not recognize that many types of animals can learn language similar to humans.

Question 7

Explain how the household thermostat is an example of a purposive machine. Discuss the implications of the concept of "feedback" for Tolman's Map Reader or the Ghost in the Machine? Why is feedback important to the information-processing account of psychology?

Accepted Answer

The household thermostat is an example o

Question 8

In a study supporting embodied cognition, only skilled basketball players watching a video of a free-throw new if it would be a basket or not because:

Accepted Answer

A)  they had better visual acuity. 
B)  they were better at computational cognitive processing 
C)  they had more bodily experience making free throws 
D)  they had faster physical reaction times than other subjects 
A)  they had better visual acuity. 
B)  they were better at computational cognitive processing 
C)  they had more bodily experience making free throws 
D)  they had faster physical reaction times than other subjects

Question 9

A good example of a purposive device the can be used to illustrate the concept of feedback in psychology is a:

Accepted Answer

A)  clock 
B)  b. Sun dial 
C)  c. Thermometer 
D)  d. Thermostat 
A)  clock 
B)  b. Sun dial 
C)  c. Thermometer 
D)  d. Thermostat

Question 10

Garcia's work on conditioned nausea in rats and the Breland's work training animals demonstrates?

Accepted Answer

A)  that animals will always associate pain and discomfort with a specific environmental location. 
B)  an animal's evolutionary inheritance places no limits on what it can learn given the correct reinforcement. 
C)  an animal's evolutionary inheritance places limits on what it can learn 
D)  that the laws of learning are universal across species and not specific. 
A)  that animals will always associate pain and discomfort with a specific environmental location. 
B)  an animal's evolutionary inheritance places no limits on what it can learn given the correct reinforcement. 
C)  an animal's evolutionary inheritance places limits on what it can learn 
D)  that the laws of learning are universal across species and not specific.

Question 11

Noam Chomsky's emphasis on the rule governed and symbolic nature of language helped psychology do what?

Accepted Answer

A)  renew interest in cognition and shape later information processing theories. 
B)  renew interest in cognition and improve upon future behavioral theories of consciousness. 
C)  develop new statistical models for analyzing large and complex sets of research data. 
D)  all of these 
A)  renew interest in cognition and shape later information processing theories. 
B)  renew interest in cognition and improve upon future behavioral theories of consciousness. 
C)  develop new statistical models for analyzing large and complex sets of research data. 
D)  all of these

Question 12

In the 1960s, psychologists were influenced by work in artificial intelligence. As a consequence, they started to cast their theories in terms of:

Accepted Answer

A)  mediational S-R mechanisms 
B)  working computer programs 
C)  information processing 
D)  conscious introspection 
A)  mediational S-R mechanisms 
B)  working computer programs 
C)  information processing 
D)  conscious introspection

Question 13

As opposed to artificial intelligence, the goal of computer simulation is to:

Accepted Answer

A)  get computers to do anything humans can do 
B)  make robots that can see, hear, and move around 
C)  make models of complex systems such as the weather 
D)  imitate the human mind by having computers think in the same ways people do 
A)  get computers to do anything humans can do 
B)  make robots that can see, hear, and move around 
C)  make models of complex systems such as the weather 
D)  imitate the human mind by having computers think in the same ways people do

Question 14

In terms of conscious and intuitive processors, the New Connectionists believe that human behavior is rule-following only _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  when it falls within the boundaries of the mind's eye view of cognition 
B)  when there are moral rules or religion involved. 
C)  at the intuitive level 
D)  none of these 
A)  when it falls within the boundaries of the mind's eye view of cognition 
B)  when there are moral rules or religion involved. 
C)  at the intuitive level 
D)  none of these

Question 15

Describe the reproducibility crisis, its causes and possible cures.

Accepted Answer

The reproducibility crisis refers to the

Question 16

According to Noam Chomsky, Skinner's Verbal Behavior:

Accepted Answer

A)  did not go far enough in pursuing a behaviorist account of language 
B)  was mainly common sense recast in apparently scientific language 
C)  provided a viable basis upon which to begin the scientific study of language 
D)  failed to relate animal research findings to human behavior 
A)  did not go far enough in pursuing a behaviorist account of language 
B)  was mainly common sense recast in apparently scientific language 
C)  provided a viable basis upon which to begin the scientific study of language 
D)  failed to relate animal research findings to human behavior

Question 17

The philosopher Daniel Dennett proposes a Multiple Drafts Model of consciousness in which human consciousness is seen as a virtual machine installed by _______ on the brain's parallel processor.

Accepted Answer

A)  genetics 
B)  God 
C)  embodied cognition 
D)  socialization 
A)  genetics 
B)  God 
C)  embodied cognition 
D)  socialization

Question 18

Newell, Shaw, and Simon's "Elements of a Theory of Problem Solving," appeared in 1958 and claimed that their computer program solved problems and it also _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  solved them in a much superior way to humans. 
B)  solved them the same way humans did. 
C)  would someday in the future solve them the way humans did. 
D)  got them a cold drink, the newspaper and their slippers. 
A)  solved them in a much superior way to humans. 
B)  solved them the same way humans did. 
C)  would someday in the future solve them the way humans did. 
D)  got them a cold drink, the newspaper and their slippers.

Question 19

Which of the following is the best example of negative feedback?

Accepted Answer

A)  the governors on old steam engines which kept their internal temperature at a constant state 
B)  punishing a child for bad behavior 
C)  the circulation of blood in the body 
D)  the way the intensity of a stimulus is coded by a neuron into frequency of axon potential generation 
A)  the governors on old steam engines which kept their internal temperature at a constant state 
B)  punishing a child for bad behavior 
C)  the circulation of blood in the body 
D)  the way the intensity of a stimulus is coded by a neuron into frequency of axon potential generation

Question 20

When John Garcia sickened rats he found that they:

Accepted Answer

A)  showed signs of almost human neurotic behavior 
B)  learned to avoid the place where they got sick 
C)  could not learn how to avoid getting poisoned again 
D)  none of these 
A)  showed signs of almost human neurotic behavior 
B)  learned to avoid the place where they got sick 
C)  could not learn how to avoid getting poisoned again 
D)  none of these

Pure artificial intelligence (AI) seeks to __. A good example of pure AI today is _ programs.

What was Chomsky's basic quarrel with Skinner's Verbal Behavior? Give some specific examples.

What is "deep learning," and why is it important to cognitive psychology?

Daniel Dennett's robot (R1) is faced with the problem of getting a spare battery in a wagon, locked in a room with a time bomb. R1 and his descendants are facing a problem called ________?

In a computer, representations of the world are processed entirely in terms of their:

Noam Chomsky demonstrated that Skinner's behaviorist approach to language was doomed to fail because:

Explain how the household thermostat is an example of a purposive machine. Discuss the implications of the concept of "feedback" for Tolman's Map Reader or the Ghost in the Machine? Why is feedback important to the information-processing account of psychology?

In a study supporting embodied cognition, only skilled basketball players watching a video of a free-throw new if it would be a basket or not because:

A good example of a purposive device the can be used to illustrate the concept of feedback in psychology is a:

Garcia's work on conditioned nausea in rats and the Breland's work training animals demonstrates?

Noam Chomsky's emphasis on the rule governed and symbolic nature of language helped psychology do what?

In the 1960s, psychologists were influenced by work in artificial intelligence. As a consequence, they started to cast their theories in terms of:

As opposed to artificial intelligence, the goal of computer simulation is to:

In terms of conscious and intuitive processors, the New Connectionists believe that human behavior is rule-following only _______.

Describe the reproducibility crisis, its causes and possible cures.

According to Noam Chomsky, Skinner's Verbal Behavior:

The philosopher Daniel Dennett proposes a Multiple Drafts Model of consciousness in which human consciousness is seen as a virtual machine installed by _______ on the brain's parallel processor.

Newell, Shaw, and Simon's "Elements of a Theory of Problem Solving," appeared in 1958 and claimed that their computer program solved problems and it also _______________.

Which of the following is the best example of negative feedback?

When John Garcia sickened rats he found that they:

Introduction

The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment 1700-1815

The Ascent of Science 1815-1914

The Psychology of Consciousness

The Psychology of the Unconscious

The Psychology of Adaptation

Behaviorism 1892-1956

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Pure artificial intelligence (AI) seeks to __________. A good example of pure AI today is _________ programs.

What was Chomsky's basic quarrel with Skinner's Verbal Behavior? Give some specific examples.

What is "deep learning," and why is it important to cognitive psychology?

Daniel Dennett's robot (R1) is faced with the problem of getting a spare battery in a wagon, locked in a room with a time bomb. R1 and his descendants are facing a problem called ________?

In a computer, representations of the world are processed entirely in terms of their:

Noam Chomsky demonstrated that Skinner's behaviorist approach to language was doomed to fail because:

Explain how the household thermostat is an example of a purposive machine. Discuss the implications of the concept of "feedback" for Tolman's Map Reader or the Ghost in the Machine? Why is feedback important to the information-processing account of psychology?

In a study supporting embodied cognition, only skilled basketball players watching a video of a free-throw new if it would be a basket or not because:

A good example of a purposive device the can be used to illustrate the concept of feedback in psychology is a:

Garcia's work on conditioned nausea in rats and the Breland's work training animals demonstrates?

Noam Chomsky's emphasis on the rule governed and symbolic nature of language helped psychology do what?

In the 1960s, psychologists were influenced by work in artificial intelligence. As a consequence, they started to cast their theories in terms of:

As opposed to artificial intelligence, the goal of computer simulation is to:

In terms of conscious and intuitive processors, the New Connectionists believe that human behavior is rule-following only _______.

Describe the reproducibility crisis, its causes and possible cures.

According to Noam Chomsky, Skinner's Verbal Behavior:

The philosopher Daniel Dennett proposes a Multiple Drafts Model of consciousness in which human consciousness is seen as a virtual machine installed by _______ on the brain's parallel processor.

Newell, Shaw, and Simon's "Elements of a Theory of Problem Solving," appeared in 1958 and claimed that their computer program solved problems and it also _______________.

Which of the following is the best example of negative feedback?

When John Garcia sickened rats he found that they:

Introduction

The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment 1700-1815

The Ascent of Science 1815-1914

The Psychology of Consciousness

The Psychology of the Unconscious

The Psychology of Adaptation

Behaviorism 1892-1956

The Rise of Applied Psychology 1892-1939

The Psychological Society 1940-2016

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Pure artificial intelligence (AI) seeks to __. A good example of pure AI today is _ programs.