CLPS 0020- Lectures - Introduction Flashcards
Skinner’s contribution to early cog sci
behaviorism: positive/negative reinforcement: shapes responses
pioneer of behaviorism
Skinner
Why did Chomsky have a problem with Skinner’s theory of behaviorism?
Said there was a language “organ” in teh brain with mental representations: principle of langauge is inborn
Who developed the Computational Theory of Mind?
Marr
What doees DeLoache argue about symbols?
Innate
List some benefits of representations in the mind through symbols.
more efficient, shortcuts, easier to retrieve, can transmit knowledge without direct experience, can have common symbols for various objects
What is the cog sci computational theory?
computations are mental processes that map one representation or set of representations onto another
What are representations adn algorithms?
mental entity that represents or symbolizes physical world
What are some features of intelligence?
rational decisions, goals, adapting to achieve the goals
1 3 5 7 9 11 vs 1 3 5 7 mine 11
indicates that sensory info isn’t the sole determinant of perception: top down info: higher order process rather than bottom-up/sensory-based
Cognitive architecture
a set of functional components which support all aspects of cognition
List the six characteristics of modules
domain specific, functionally autonomous, informationally encapsulated, automatic, innately specified, fixed neural architecture
Domain specific
objects, faces, languages, etc.
functionally autonomous
own vocabulary, don’t compete for resources: can talk and play piano, but harder to play piano while listening to other music
informationally encapsulated
processing internal to module: only interact with each other at output
automatic (referring to modules)
operates without volition, no choices: ex: “bug” recalls various meanings
innately specified
genetically determined
fixed neural architecture
specialized neural structures
What is the difference in the viewpoints of Kant vs Locke?
Kane: nature (born with built-in templates of knowledge), vs Locke: nurture (tabula rasa: blank slate)
dualism
mind/body discussion: material/metaphysical
What did Gall argue about the nature of mental processes?
all mental processes are biological and arise from the brain: cerebral cortex with distinct regions that govern mental functions
What does the Whorfian Hypothesis claim?
one’s language determines one’s conception of the world
What happened in the wug study?
children are able to pluralize “wug” to “wugs” based on pre-learned rules: rules out the hypothesis that we can only say words we’ve already learned
Is the Stroop test consistent with the theory of modularity?
consistent: name a language or name a color: competing systems, can’t disinhibit, so there’s a struggle for resources
What does the upside down house test say about the modularity of faces and houses?
Probably different modules, since we process upside down houses differently than we process upside down faces: suggests separate face module (very probable)
