Chapter 1 - Introduction

Question 1

applied research

Answer 1

Scientific research that is concerned with the end-goal of developing a solution to a problem.

Question 2

artificial intelligence (AI)

Answer 2

A branch of computer science and engineering concerned with building machines that can perform human-like intelligent behaviors.

Question 3

basic research

Answer 3

Scientific research that is concerned with trying to understand the world and its phenomena, without regard to a specific end-use of this knowledge

Question 4

cognition

Answer 4

The sum of mental activities resulting in the acquisition of information from the environment, processing that information, and using it to make a behavioral decision.

Question 5

cognitive psychology

Answer 5

A field of psychology concerned with studying intelligence through the observation of behaviors.

Question 6

human factors

Answer 6

A field of psychology concerned with applying scientific findings to the design of systems that people interact with.

Question 7

naturalistic observation

Answer 7

A research technique in which the behaviors of people or other organisms are observed as they occur in their natural environment, without any experimental intervention.

Question 8

neuroscience

Answer 8

The field of science concerned with the study of the brain and related physiological systems.