PYC3703 - CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE
PSYCHOLOGY (EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS)
artificial intelligence (AI) has had a close relationship
with cognitive psychology since
the 1950s
Computer simulations are particularly important in the
case of
higher-order cognitive processes
AI research has given psychologists many fresh ideas
and stimulated the use of computer technologies to
model mental abilities
researchers from AI and cognitive psychology have
come together to form a separate discipline known as
cognitive science
Cognitive psychology can be viewed as a reaction to
the rather restrictive assumption of the behaviourists
that the internal processes of the mind, such as
memory and reasoning, cannot be studied scientifically
the exposition in CP focuses on
- the experimental paradigm
- the neuroscience approach
- use of observational techniques such as self-reports and
case studies
- the computational approach in which the human mind is
, explored by way of building computer or mathematical
models of it.
conceptualise the evolution of ideas in a science or
discipline by
thinking of this evolution as a dialectical process
In a dialectical process
two extremes (opposite or antithetical theories) first exist,
and a synthesis or compromise between the two
alternatives then emerges
the dialectical process is NOT intended as
a general explanation of how scientific theories always
develop
An assumption is a statement or a fact whose truth is
presupposed
In essence, an assumption is a 'fact' statement or
claim for
which n
o conclusive proof or evidence is given, but which is
nevertheless accepted (either implicitly or explicitly) as
true.
Researchers have to make assumptions when they
study the mind because
they cannot study everything at once and must focus on
some aspect of the mind as a starting point
It is generally assumed in cognitive psychology that
the mind is
an information processing system
alternative conceptions
based on the mathematical theory of dynamical systems,
as well as approaches that stress the importance of
INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE
PSYCHOLOGY (EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS)
artificial intelligence (AI) has had a close relationship
with cognitive psychology since
the 1950s
Computer simulations are particularly important in the
case of
higher-order cognitive processes
AI research has given psychologists many fresh ideas
and stimulated the use of computer technologies to
model mental abilities
researchers from AI and cognitive psychology have
come together to form a separate discipline known as
cognitive science
Cognitive psychology can be viewed as a reaction to
the rather restrictive assumption of the behaviourists
that the internal processes of the mind, such as
memory and reasoning, cannot be studied scientifically
the exposition in CP focuses on
- the experimental paradigm
- the neuroscience approach
- use of observational techniques such as self-reports and
case studies
- the computational approach in which the human mind is
, explored by way of building computer or mathematical
models of it.
conceptualise the evolution of ideas in a science or
discipline by
thinking of this evolution as a dialectical process
In a dialectical process
two extremes (opposite or antithetical theories) first exist,
and a synthesis or compromise between the two
alternatives then emerges
the dialectical process is NOT intended as
a general explanation of how scientific theories always
develop
An assumption is a statement or a fact whose truth is
presupposed
In essence, an assumption is a 'fact' statement or
claim for
which n
o conclusive proof or evidence is given, but which is
nevertheless accepted (either implicitly or explicitly) as
true.
Researchers have to make assumptions when they
study the mind because
they cannot study everything at once and must focus on
some aspect of the mind as a starting point
It is generally assumed in cognitive psychology that
the mind is
an information processing system
alternative conceptions
based on the mathematical theory of dynamical systems,
as well as approaches that stress the importance of
