CGSC 1001 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Limbic System, Frontal Lobe, Intersubjectivity

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: CGSC 1001
• Professor: Jim Davies

Document Summary

Cognitive model - a computer program that models some aspects of though. Makes predictions that can be compared to data if the predictions match the data, it supports the theory underlying the model. Might model how people do categorization or how a mouse learns to navigate a maze. Model - a representation of something that excludes unimportant detail and information. E. g. a scale model of a homemade of cardboard or a simulation of a hurricane. Cognitive architecture - a programming environment or set of tools for making a cognitive model. Types of cognitive architectures: symbolic, sub-symbolic, hybrid: symbolic/sub-symbolic. Symbolic architecture - the classical view of the architecture of the mind. In this approach, the mind is viewed as a process in which symbols are manipulated. Symbols are moved between memory stores such as long term and short-term memory and are acted upon by an explicit set of rules in a sequence.