Comp. Models of the Mind - Last Slide Pack I Flashcards
What does MHP stand for?
Model Human Processor
What does CCT stand for?
Cognitive Complexity Theory
What can a theory of transfer of training be based on?
the CCT
What are the three interacting subsystems (“processors”) in the Model Human Processor?
- Perceptual (Auditiry and visual image store)
- Cognitive (working and long-term memories)
- Motor subsytem
5 properties of the MHP:
- Three interacting subsystems
- Limited capacities and timing
- specific interfaces and general operating principles (e.g. Fitts’ law)
- support for serial and parallel behaviors
- quantitative predictions about execution times
List some example parameters of the Model Human Processor:
- Capacity and decay e.g. of Auditory image store or working memory.
- Cycle durations of cognitive (100), motor (70) and perceptual (70) processors
What can Model Human Processor be used for?
MHP can be used to calculate how long it takes to perform a certain task. Products can be analysed based on MHP.
Key-Areas that we discussed in paradigms of cognition:
Action Adaptation Anticipation Cognition Computational Operation Embodiment Inter-Agent Epistemology Motivation Perception Philosophical Foundation Relevance of Autonomy Representation Semantic Grounding Time
Cognitivist Paradigm on Computational Operation
- Rule-based manipulation of symbols
- usually sequential
Cognitivist Paradigm on Representational Framework
- Patterns of Symbolic Tokens refer to events in real world
- product of designer
- usually local
Cognitivist Paradigm on Semantic Grounding
- grounded through percept-symbol identification
- representations directly accessible for humans
Cognitivist Paradigm on Temporal Constraints
- not necessarily entrained (automatically synchronised) by worldly events
Cognitivist Paradigm on Inter-Agent Epistemology
- positivist view of reality: abolute shared epistemology
- structure and semantics of world are idenpendent of system’s cognition
Cognitivist Paradigm on Embodiment
- not necessarily
- cognition -> skull-bound
Cognitivist Paradigm on Perception
- perception as interface btw. world and internal representations
- perception abstracts spatio-temporal representations from sensory data
Cognitivist Paradigm on Action
- causal consequence of cognition
Cognitivist Paradigm on Anticipation
- usually planning using procedural or probabilistic reasoning
Cognitivist Paradigm on Adaptation
- usually by acquisition of new knowledge
Cognitivist Paradigm on Motivation
- e.g. resolving an impasse
Cognitivist Paradigm on Relevance of Autonomy
- not necessarily
Emergent Paradigm on Temporal Constraints
- Synchronous realt-time entrainment with the world
Emergent Paradigm on Inter-Agent Epistemology
- agent-dependent epistemology, based on shared experiences
Emergent Paradigm on Embodiment
- cognition, action and perception is embodied
Emergent Paradigm on Perception
- change of system’s state in response to world to maintain stability
Emergent Paradigm on Action
- pertubation of world by the system
Emergent Paradigm on Anticipation
- requires system to visit states without conducting associated actions
Emergent Paradigm on Adaptation
- structural alteration, reorganisation
Emergent Paradigm on Motivation
- e.g. enlarging space of interaction
Emergent Paradigm on Relevance of Autonomy
- crucial! cognition as process whereby system becomes autonomous, viable and effective
Emergent Paradigm on Semantic Grounding
- meaning only in terms of sustaining system viability
- not directly accesible for humans
Emergent Paradigm on Representational Framework
- global system states, encoded in the dynamic organization of system components
Emergent Paradigm on Computational Operation
- network of interacting components
