BCS 111 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Memory, Behaviorism, Psychology

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Course: BCS 111
• Professor: David Ruskin

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Hans was a horse owned by wilhelm von osten. Hans could purportedly understand mathematics, tell time, and understand german. Hans would respond by tapping his foot. Hans picked up on subtle involuntary cues from the questioner. Yes, they are different (estimated from a bunch of previous facts) It will be our aim to collect enough data to say: Try to hold everything constant, except one thing. Independent variable: the thing you are changing. Dependent variable: the outcome that changes depending on the value of the independent variable. Uncontrolled variables / confounds: other factors you try to hold constant. Claim in literature: apes are especially intelligent because they can identify themselves in mirrors (because they can use mirrors to locate dots on their bodies) Epstein, lanza, & skinner: that only shows they know what a mirror is. De corporis humani fabrica (1543) (tr: on the fabric of the human body) "psychological introspection goes hand in hand with the methods of experimental.