PSY-B - Psychology PSY-B 340 Study Guide - Final Guide: Language Development, Implicit Memory, Deductive Reasoning
12 Dec 2016
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Know and be familiar with the following terms ch. Be aware of the positives and negatives about a heuristic where applicable, like with the hill climbing heuristic. Obstacles: restrictions that make it difficult to proceed from the initial state to the goal state. Matrix: a grid consisting of rows and columns, shows all possible combinations of items, keeps track of items. statistical interaction: visual image. situated-cognition approach: we use helpful info in our immediate environment to create spatial representations. We make decisions about the up-down dimension more quickly than decisions about the left-right dimension. an algorithm: a method that will produce a solution to the problem, although the process can sometimes be inefficient. Heuristic: a general rule that is usually correct matrix. the hill-climbing heuristic: you reach a choice point- you consistently choose the alternative that seems to lead most directly toward your goal. Surface features: specific objects and terms used in the questions.
