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Cognitive Science
- 1. Studies how we think and understand
- 2. Studies abilities that allow us to think and understand
- 3. Interdisciplinary approach
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What are the tenets of Cognitive Science?
- 1. Mental Representations exist and can be studies scientifically
- 2. The mind can be modeled as a computer
- 3. Interdisciplinary approach
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Cognition
How we think and understand, and the abilities that allow us to think and understand.
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Classical Conditioning
Creates an association between a natural reaction to a stimulus and an arbitrary reaction to a stimulus.
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Behaviorism
States that human behavior is a series of learned associations. Developed by Watson and Skinner.
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Information Processing
States that the mind is like a computer. In a computer there are rules and operations that guide tasks, therefore, the mind can be modeled with computational programming.
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Nativism
States that all knowledge is there from birth. Ex. reflexes
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Empiricism
States that knowledge is gained through experience
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Multiple Intelligences
- Developed by Gardner
- States that there are different intelligences, such as logical, musical, spatial, kinesthetic, etc.
- Drawbacks: Some prized intelligences, Talent or Intelligence?
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Sternberg's Theory
- "Goal-Oriented Adaptive Behavior"
- States that Intelligence is:
- Things humans are good at
- Ability to create routines
- Ability to deal with new situations
- Categorizing
- Inferring
- Planning
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