Intro

Question 1

Most complex computer in the known universe

Answer 1

Brain

Question 2

Cognition

Answer 2

Sum of mental activities resulting in the acquisition of information from the environment, processing this information, and using it to make a behavioral decision

Question 3

3 steps involved in cognition

Answer 3

Acquisition, processing, behavioral decision

Question 4

Scientific research that is concerned with understanding the world without a specific use in mind

Answer 4

Basic research

Question 5

Scientific research to find an application or solution to a problem

Answer 5

Applied research

Question 6

Human factors

Answer 6

Field of psychology concerned with the application of findings to the design of systems humans interact with

Question 7

Artificial intelligence

Answer 7

Machine that can perform human-like intelligent behaviors

Question 8

Type of intelligence historically missing from artificial intelligence

Answer 8

Flexible intelligence

Question 9

What improved artificial intelligence ?

Answer 9

Programming the computer to learn and get better : machine learning

Question 10

Large language model

Answer 10

Advanced machine learning algorithms that process and generate human-like text by understanding patterns in the data they’ve been trained on

Question 11

Cognitive psychology

Answer 11

Field concerned with studying the mind through the observation of behaviors

Question 12

Naturalistic observation

Answer 12

Observing behaviors in people’s natural environment

Question 13

Cognition is primarily concerned with understanding the _____ that produce complex behaviors even though separate abilities are studied

Answer 13

Processes

Question 14

Depressive symptoms linked to ____ decline with age (symptom of dementia)

Answer 14

Memory

Question 15

2 parts of a hypothesis

Answer 15

Cause and effect

Question 16

True or false : confirming a hypothesis means it is true

Answer 16

No, only that the theory seems effective at explaining the phenomenon in question

Question 17

Phenomenon-based research

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When an “effect” is discovered, and follow-up research examines the nature of the effect

Question 18

_____ effect is an example of phenomenon-based research

Answer 18

Placebo

Question 19

Example of Placebo effect from 1799

Answer 19

An experiment tested the effects of disease reduction from Perkins tractors, metal “disease extractors” & placebo wooden tractors – found no difference

Question 20

Emotional enhancement effect (cognitive psychology of emotions)

Answer 20

Emotional stimuli are more easily attended to and remembered than neutral stimuli

Question 21

Behavioral experiments show focal memory enhancements for ____negative/positive stimuli in an image

Answer 21

Negative

Question 22

When we see someone with a gun, we remember their face ___less/more than when we see someone with a drink

Answer 22

Less

Question 23

Neuroscience

Answer 23

Studies what parts of the brain carry out functions we see behaviorally

Question 24

Amygdala activity predicts _____ for emotional but not neutral images

Answer 24

Memory

Question 25

Computational modeling

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Building and modelling the mind-brain connection

Question 26

Computational models use boxes and arrows to build artificial agents to try to simulate ______

Answer 26

Emotions

Question 27

If computational models emotional circuits lead to the same effects we see in humans, we can know ...

Answer 27

The circuits driving emotions in humans

Question 28

What cognitive approach is this ? “If we really understand how something works; we should be able to build it”

Answer 28

Computer modelling / AI