cog 3

Question 1

karl lashley taught

Answer 1

rats an SR discrimination and then tried to remove the memory by removing the parts of the brain

found mass action and equipotentiality

Question 2

define chemical trace theory

Answer 2

changes are chemical (not structural)

Question 3

__ ways to photgraph the mind

Answer 3

3
MRI
PET
fMRI

Question 4

__ category-specific visual areas

Answer 4

3
Lateral occipital (LO)
Fusiform Face Area (FFA)
Parahippocampal place area (PPA)

Question 5

why is it easier for people to read the names of things than to name objects or properties

Answer 5

reading words => automatic & therfore faster

Question 6

what makes things automatic=

Answer 6

practise

Question 7

Alan Turing

Answer 7

2-5k hours of practise to become expert enough to have fully automatic responses

Question 8

define

independent and dependent variable

Answer 8

independent = manipulated

dependent = measured/recorded

Question 9

Thinking

Descartes

Answer 9

thinking was a very important attribute of existance

and an argument based on logical thought (a syllogism)

Question 10

define

syllogism

Answer 10

an argument based on logical thought

Question 11

how are the units of knowledge stored and represented

Answer 11

3 theories

1 = imagery theory
2= dual-code hypothesis
3= propositional theory

Question 12

define

propositional theory

Answer 12

one of the 2 theories of knowledge

challenger to imagery and dual-code theories

= if we store facts about concepts, including relative size of objects and animals

Question 13

propositions convey ___

and are not __

Answer 13

meaning relations, not linguistic form

are not verbal codes

Question 14

analyse the following sentences:

the pony kicked the cat (
kick (pony, cat)

the cat was kicked by the pony
kick (pony, cat)

Answer 14

different =surface structure

same = deep structure

Question 15

approach to thinking about thinking

Answer 15

formal reasoning and logic

Question 16

__ types of formal reasoning and logic

Answer 16

2

1=deductive reasoning
2=inductive reasoning

Question 17

define

deductive reasoning

Answer 17

1 of 2 types of formal reasoning and logic

reasoning from the general to specifc

Question 18

define

inductive reasoning

Answer 18

1 of 2 types of formal reasoning and logic

reasoning from the specific to general

Question 19

__ types of deductive reasoning

Answer 19

2

1= conditional arguments
2= a deductive fallacy