COGS 2160- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 67 pages long!)
28 Mar 2018
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Core principles of cognitive science: the mind can be studied scientifically, there is a specific way to study the mind. In science, we construct theories; e. g. darwin"s theory of natural selection: based on empirical evidence - through observation and experiments. In order to provide explanations for mental phenomena: thinking, remembering, perceiving, consciousness, morality, phenomena are often explained causally. Experiments: variable: anything that can vary, e. g. temperature, noise, gpa, hours spent playing videogames. Independent variable: distraction level: high: asked to do 2 texts/posts per minute, low: asked to do 1 text/post per minute. Cogs 2160: control: no texts/posts, dependent variable: exam performance, multiple choice part out of 16 questions, free answer: recall as many facts and write them down, results. An early inspiration for cognitive science: the computer. Some important terms: a function is a mapping that yields exactly one output (value) for every input (argument, e. g. addition is a function.
