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cogsci c100 midterm Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Alan Turing
⼀Answer:⼀ - father of cognitive science due to his invention of the
turing machine
- understood cognition as an algorithmic system of processing
parallel processing
⼀Answer:⼀ - the connectionist perspective that processing of many
aspects of a problem occur simultaneously
- popular in the 90s and associated with the growth of attention in
cognitive science
artificial intelligence
⼀Answer:⼀ computer models made to accomplish the same cognitive
tasks that humans do
machine learning
⼀Answer:⼀ a subset of ai that allows computers to learning by
creating new algorithms
deep learning
⼀Answer:⼀ a subset of machine learning that computers learn
without provided algorithms
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neural networks
⼀Answer:⼀ networks of algorithms in ai that are similar to the neural
networks present in the human brain
1990s
⼀Answer:⼀ when did cognitive science gain popularity
growth of technology (development of neuroimaging techniques,
single-cell recordings)
⼀Answer:⼀ factors that allowed cognitive science to gain popularity
frontal lobe
⼀Answer:⼀ executive functioning
parietal lobe
⼀Answer:⼀ sensory cortex
occipital lobe
⼀Answer:⼀ visual cortex
temporal lobe
⼀Answer:⼀ auditory cortex
amygdala
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⼀Answer:⼀ -almond shaped emotional regulator (associated with
negative emotions)
-part of limbic system
hippocampus
⼀Answer:⼀ - donut shaped part of brain associated with memory
and learning
- part of limbic system
true
⼀Answer:⼀ Brain states correlate with emotional states
penfield study
⼀Answer:⼀ - stimulated parts of brain with electrode and caused
patients to give rise to emotions, thoughts, images, and muscle
movements
- shows that brains states can (sometimes) cause emotional states
- lab environment is unlike anything in reality
- best things in life aren't quantifiable
- belief is a confounding variable
⼀Answer:⼀ limitations of experimental method
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cogsci c100 midterm Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
Alan Turing
⼀Answer:⼀ - father of cognitive science due to his invention of the
turing machine
- understood cognition as an algorithmic system of processing
parallel processing
⼀Answer:⼀ - the connectionist perspective that processing of many
aspects of a problem occur simultaneously
- popular in the 90s and associated with the growth of attention in
cognitive science
artificial intelligence
⼀Answer:⼀ computer models made to accomplish the same cognitive
tasks that humans do
machine learning
⼀Answer:⼀ a subset of ai that allows computers to learning by
creating new algorithms
deep learning
⼀Answer:⼀ a subset of machine learning that computers learn
without provided algorithms
, Page | 2
neural networks
⼀Answer:⼀ networks of algorithms in ai that are similar to the neural
networks present in the human brain
1990s
⼀Answer:⼀ when did cognitive science gain popularity
growth of technology (development of neuroimaging techniques,
single-cell recordings)
⼀Answer:⼀ factors that allowed cognitive science to gain popularity
frontal lobe
⼀Answer:⼀ executive functioning
parietal lobe
⼀Answer:⼀ sensory cortex
occipital lobe
⼀Answer:⼀ visual cortex
temporal lobe
⼀Answer:⼀ auditory cortex
amygdala
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⼀Answer:⼀ -almond shaped emotional regulator (associated with
negative emotions)
-part of limbic system
hippocampus
⼀Answer:⼀ - donut shaped part of brain associated with memory
and learning
- part of limbic system
true
⼀Answer:⼀ Brain states correlate with emotional states
penfield study
⼀Answer:⼀ - stimulated parts of brain with electrode and caused
patients to give rise to emotions, thoughts, images, and muscle
movements
- shows that brains states can (sometimes) cause emotional states
- lab environment is unlike anything in reality
- best things in life aren't quantifiable
- belief is a confounding variable
⼀Answer:⼀ limitations of experimental method
sq3r
