PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Artificial Neural Network, Process Theory, Hypothesis

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Alexandra Paxton

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Psyc 1100 lecture 20 computational approaches to psychology. Types of cognitive models: analyze and predict behavior and cognition. Is a way of formally implementing psychological theories, to. : use natural language to describe how and why something is happening (not quantitative) : use mathematical equations to describe and predict thinking and behavior. : use computer algorithms to describe and predict; use complicated mathematical processes that cannot be done by hand. Looks at the observed behavior and the process that causes this behavior. Explains how but not why something happens. Looks only at the observed behavior and not the process that causes the behavior. Find human data (about scientific research question) Create a computer program that uses variables to try to exhibit human-like behavior. Usually done by using artificial neural networks. The brain is not a computer, but we often program computational models using neural principles. Cognitive modeling looks at the process behind aging to understand how it works.