Use Of Theoretical Computer Models To Explain + Make Inferences Of Mental Processes

Question 1

Why were theoretical computer models made?

Answer 1

To try to explain and infer info about mental processes

Question 2

Information processing model (figure 1)

Answer 2

Described the mind as a computer . Can be explained as:

Information being encoded from senses
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Information manipulation (storage or decision)
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Output (e.g. behaviour or an emotion)

Question 3

Example of in info processing model

Answer 3

An artist looking at picturesque landscape, deciding which paint colour suits an area, before brushing selected colour onto a canvas

Question 4

The computational model

Answer 4

Focuses more on how we structure the process of reaching behavioural output without saying when/ how much info is dealt with

Question 5

The connectionist model

Answer 5

Takes neural line of thought; looks at the mind as complex network of neutrons, which activate in regular configurations that characterise known associations between stimuli