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Revision Examination Tests
“Come all for this Greatness”
... 100% Correct Ans ...
PSY 2601 COGNITIVE PSYCH ASSIGNMENT 3 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS 2024/2025 UPDATED: INCLUUDES F1 CONCESSION EXAM
2023: COVERS ALMOST EVERY QUESTION EVER ASKED!
Quiz learning
Ans: - change in BEHAVIOR following acquisition of kNOWLEDGE or EXPERIENCE
Quiz What's the big debate in learning?
Ans: - nature vs. nurture
- how much do we have to learn and how much are we already born with?
Quiz Where did nature v. nurture debate get its start?
Ans: - ancient Greek philosophy
- Aristotle - empiricism (nurture)
- Plato - rationalism (nature)
Quiz nature approach to learning
Ans: - we come HARD-WIRED with a lot of the stuff we need in our GENES
Quiz What's the animal argument FOR nature?
Ans: - humans can learn things other animals CAN'T
- points to something already BUILT-IN that gives us an advantage
Quiz Are babies truly a blank slate?
Ans: - NO
- we come with some knowledge/preferences already
,Quiz Newborns have a preference for...
Ans: FACES
- evidence for NATURE - built-in preference
Quiz size constancy
- do newborns understand?
Ans: - recognize objects are still the same size, even if they look smaller b/c they're
further away
- YES, newborns understand
- evidence for NATURE - built-in understanding of depth
Quiz What other things do newborns prefer? (3)
Ans: 1. mom's voice
2. female voice
3. speech over non-speech
Quiz nativism
Ans: - evolution has selected some traits to be built-in to help us SURVIVE
Quiz Typically BLANK, not knowledge, is innate.
Ans: STRUCTURES
- ex: we don't come with language built in, but we come with built-in structures that
help us learn language
Quiz Why is it hard to study if something is really "innate?"
Ans: - b/c things could be innate but we don't see it until the genes start to express
themselves until later critical period
- could have innate things we can't express b/c we don't have abilities yet
Quiz core knowledge
Ans: - INNATE info about how some cognitive systems operate
Quiz language acquisition device (LAD)
Ans: - INNATE module that stores UNIVERSALS that are true of all languages to
help us learn whatever language we're exposed to later
Quiz universal grammar
Ans: - TOOLS to learn language b/c languages operate on PATTERNS
, Quiz empiricist/nurture argument for learning
Ans: - EXPERIENCE from our senses drives learning
Quiz The nurture view argues that BLANK are set by experiences.
Ans: - PREFERENCES
- ex: preference for mother's voice isn't innate, baby just had experience w/ mother's
voice in womb
Quiz Is distinguishing language sounds a human specific trait?
Ans: NO
Quiz What's the nurture argument for how we learn language?
Ans: - not genetic universals,
- instead, languages develop to fit HUMANS based on what we can learn and our
memory constraints
- some things LOOK universal but really aren't, just dev similarly as a result of
universal need
Quiz FoxP2 gene
Ans: - gene linked to LANGUAGE function
- but affects more than just language, so it's not the DOMAIN specific language gene
nativists think it is
Quiz What is the nature v. nurture conclusion?
Ans: - innate info is GENERAL, and experience allows us to use these BROAD
TOOLS to learn
- nature AND nurture
- can't separate the two, always work together
Quiz rules v. statistics
Ans: - debate over whether we learn by EXPLICIT RULES of how things work or
through (implicitly) STATISTICAL PATTERNS in the environment
Quiz What would the rule approach be to learning words in the past-tense in
English?
Ans: - learn rule to bed -ed at the end of something, and MEMORIZE exceptions
Quiz dual route approach
Revision Examination Tests
“Come all for this Greatness”
... 100% Correct Ans ...
PSY 2601 COGNITIVE PSYCH ASSIGNMENT 3 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS 2024/2025 UPDATED: INCLUUDES F1 CONCESSION EXAM
2023: COVERS ALMOST EVERY QUESTION EVER ASKED!
Quiz learning
Ans: - change in BEHAVIOR following acquisition of kNOWLEDGE or EXPERIENCE
Quiz What's the big debate in learning?
Ans: - nature vs. nurture
- how much do we have to learn and how much are we already born with?
Quiz Where did nature v. nurture debate get its start?
Ans: - ancient Greek philosophy
- Aristotle - empiricism (nurture)
- Plato - rationalism (nature)
Quiz nature approach to learning
Ans: - we come HARD-WIRED with a lot of the stuff we need in our GENES
Quiz What's the animal argument FOR nature?
Ans: - humans can learn things other animals CAN'T
- points to something already BUILT-IN that gives us an advantage
Quiz Are babies truly a blank slate?
Ans: - NO
- we come with some knowledge/preferences already
,Quiz Newborns have a preference for...
Ans: FACES
- evidence for NATURE - built-in preference
Quiz size constancy
- do newborns understand?
Ans: - recognize objects are still the same size, even if they look smaller b/c they're
further away
- YES, newborns understand
- evidence for NATURE - built-in understanding of depth
Quiz What other things do newborns prefer? (3)
Ans: 1. mom's voice
2. female voice
3. speech over non-speech
Quiz nativism
Ans: - evolution has selected some traits to be built-in to help us SURVIVE
Quiz Typically BLANK, not knowledge, is innate.
Ans: STRUCTURES
- ex: we don't come with language built in, but we come with built-in structures that
help us learn language
Quiz Why is it hard to study if something is really "innate?"
Ans: - b/c things could be innate but we don't see it until the genes start to express
themselves until later critical period
- could have innate things we can't express b/c we don't have abilities yet
Quiz core knowledge
Ans: - INNATE info about how some cognitive systems operate
Quiz language acquisition device (LAD)
Ans: - INNATE module that stores UNIVERSALS that are true of all languages to
help us learn whatever language we're exposed to later
Quiz universal grammar
Ans: - TOOLS to learn language b/c languages operate on PATTERNS
, Quiz empiricist/nurture argument for learning
Ans: - EXPERIENCE from our senses drives learning
Quiz The nurture view argues that BLANK are set by experiences.
Ans: - PREFERENCES
- ex: preference for mother's voice isn't innate, baby just had experience w/ mother's
voice in womb
Quiz Is distinguishing language sounds a human specific trait?
Ans: NO
Quiz What's the nurture argument for how we learn language?
Ans: - not genetic universals,
- instead, languages develop to fit HUMANS based on what we can learn and our
memory constraints
- some things LOOK universal but really aren't, just dev similarly as a result of
universal need
Quiz FoxP2 gene
Ans: - gene linked to LANGUAGE function
- but affects more than just language, so it's not the DOMAIN specific language gene
nativists think it is
Quiz What is the nature v. nurture conclusion?
Ans: - innate info is GENERAL, and experience allows us to use these BROAD
TOOLS to learn
- nature AND nurture
- can't separate the two, always work together
Quiz rules v. statistics
Ans: - debate over whether we learn by EXPLICIT RULES of how things work or
through (implicitly) STATISTICAL PATTERNS in the environment
Quiz What would the rule approach be to learning words in the past-tense in
English?
Ans: - learn rule to bed -ed at the end of something, and MEMORIZE exceptions
Quiz dual route approach
