Social Cognition

Question 1

Computer Metaphor vs. Embodied Cognition

Answer 1

Computer metaphor: the human mind functions just like a computer, with input, output, and a set of computations in between

Embodied cognition: sensory and motor systems are seen as fundamentally integrated with cognitive processing

Question 2

Neural Networks

Answer 2

Neurons store and process information – they act as both hard drives and processors; information is stored and processed across networks of interconnected neurons

Question 3

Availability Heuristic

Answer 3

Estimating the probability of an event based on the ease with which relevant instances come to mind; Hot water is more likely to kill you than a plane crash

Question 4

Representativeness Heuristic

Answer 4

estimating the likelihood of an event by comparing it to an existing prototype that already exists in our minds

Question 5

Conjunction Fallacy

Answer 5

a fallacy or error in decision-making where people judge that a conjunction of two possible events is more likely than one or both of the conjuncts

Question 6

Automatic cognition

Answer 6

Occurs across the brain and automatically unfolds

Question 7

Controlled cognition

Answer 7

requires the activation of executive regions of the brain to control process in the rest of the brain

Question 8

Two modes of thought

Answer 8

controlled cognition (deliberate and slow) and automatic cognition (automatic and fast)

Question 9

Executive Network

Answer 9

performs high-level cognitive tasks, and works alongside or in anti-correlation with the other six main brain networks

Question 10

Heuristics and confirmation bias

Answer 10

people will tend to pick the vowel card (A) and the positive number card (4), but the correct answer in the vowel card (a) and the odd card (7)