Question 1

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) was influenced by:

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A)  cybernetics
B)  information theory
C)  computer technology
D)  all of these choices D

Question 2

According to proponents of weak AI:

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A)  computer programs can only simulate human cognitive abilities
B)  computer programs can duplicate human cognitive abilities
C)  an appropriately programmed computer qualifies as a mind
D)  computer programs can only simulate human cognitive abilities and an appropriately programmed computer qualifies as a mind

Question 3

Cognitive dissonance exists when

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A)  a person has incompatible ideas that motivates him or her to change beliefs or behavior
B)  a person has compatible ideas that motivates him/her to change beliefs or behavior
C)  a person is motivated to change their thinking about something
D)  a person is trying to stop engaging in bad habits

Question 4

In the 1970's,information-processing psychologists combined their efforts to understand cognition with other professionals such as philosophers,linguists,engineers,and computer scientists,thus creating the field of:

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A)  artificial intelligence
B)  information theory
C)  cognitive science
D)  ecological psychology

Question 5

Neisser,in his book Cognition and Reality,argues that we:

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A)  move away from computer models of cognition
B)  move away from the narrow confines of laboratory research
C)  study cognition as it occurs naturally in the real-life situations
D)  all of these choices

Question 6

Who created the field that came to be known as information theory?

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A)  Norbert Wiener
B)  Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver
C)  Allen Newell and Herbert Simon
D)  Noam Chomsky

Question 7

The physiological changes that are proposed to occur between neurons when they become associated are simulated in neural networks by:

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A)  drawing new related connections
B)  modifying the colors on the network flowchart
C)  modifiable mathematical weights
D)  none of these choices

Question 8

Who founded the Center for Cognitive Studies at Harvard in 1960?

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A)  Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver
B)  George Miller and Jerome Bruner
C)  Allen Newell and Herbert Simon
D)  Tracy Kendler and Howard Kendler B

Question 9

The increase in popularity in cognitive psychology increased interest in the mind-body issue again in psychology.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Discuss the developments before1950 that contributed to the development of contemporary cognitive psychology.

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Question 11

According to Miller,the magical number for humans' capacity to process information is:

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A)  five
B)  seven
C)  nine
D)  seven +/- two

Question 12

Miller argued that the symposium at MIT did much to delay the development of modern cognitive psychology.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Hebb's rule states:

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A)  scientific explanations should always be as parsimonious as possible
B)  the knowledge sought by scientists should always have practical value
C)  if neurons are successively or simultaneously active,the strength of the connections among them increases
D)  never concern yourself with an old connection when a new connection is available

Question 14

Hebb's speculations concerning how cell assemblies and phase sequences develop has led to a new research area called:

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A)  cybernetics
B)  computer simulation
C)  information-processing models
D)  new connectionism

Question 15

There is a kinship between information-processing psychology and all of the following except:

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A)  Kantian philosophy
B)  radical behaviorism
C)  Piaget's theory of intellectual development
D)  Gestalt psychology

Question 16

In a popular type of neural network,the strengths of the connections among units that are active together are increased by mathematically increasing their weights.Such a network is said to operate according to:

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A)  back-propagation
B)  Hebb's rule
C)  drive reduction
D)  good old fashion artificial intelligence (GOFAI)

Question 17

Hebb's speculations about cell assemblies and phase sequences led directly to the research area called new connectionism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

It is inaccurate to say that psychology is becoming cognitively oriented because:

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A)  radical behaviorism is as popular today as it has ever been
B)  the most popular model of humans today is the computer model,and computers do not think
C)  with only a few exceptions psychology has always been cognitively oriented
D)  the study of cognitive processes is less popular today than it has ever been

Question 19

Hebb's rule was not original to him;it is based on associative laws of ____ and ____.

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A)  contiguity;cause and effect
B)  cause and effect;frequency
C)  frequency;contiguity
D)  cause;effect C

Question 20

The purpose of Searle's Chinese Room experiment was to demonstrate that:

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A)  computers manipulate symbols without understanding them
B)  proponents of strong AI are correct
C)  computers have syntax but not semantics
D)  computers manipulate symbols without understanding them and computers have syntax but not semantics

Exam 20: Cognitive Psychology

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) was influenced by:

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According to proponents of weak AI:

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Cognitive dissonance exists when

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In the 1970's,information-processing psychologists combined their efforts to understand cognition with other professionals such as philosophers,linguists,engineers,and computer scientists,thus creating the field of:

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Neisser,in his book Cognition and Reality,argues that we:

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Who created the field that came to be known as information theory?

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The physiological changes that are proposed to occur between neurons when they become associated are simulated in neural networks by:

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Who founded the Center for Cognitive Studies at Harvard in 1960?

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The increase in popularity in cognitive psychology increased interest in the mind-body issue again in psychology.

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Discuss the developments before1950 that contributed to the development of contemporary cognitive psychology.

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According to Miller,the magical number for humans' capacity to process information is:

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Miller argued that the symposium at MIT did much to delay the development of modern cognitive psychology.

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Hebb's rule states:

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Hebb's speculations concerning how cell assemblies and phase sequences develop has led to a new research area called:

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There is a kinship between information-processing psychology and all of the following except:

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In a popular type of neural network,the strengths of the connections among units that are active together are increased by mathematically increasing their weights.Such a network is said to operate according to:

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Hebb's speculations about cell assemblies and phase sequences led directly to the research area called new connectionism.

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It is inaccurate to say that psychology is becoming cognitively oriented because:

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Hebb's rule was not original to him;it is based on associative laws of ____ and ____.

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The purpose of Searle's Chinese Room experiment was to demonstrate that:

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