Cognitive Science
Test 1 / 2004
Modified:
2/12/2004
Instructions: Due before 2:00 p.m., Thursday,
February 19.
Use the CS main page and e-mail sent to you as the source for your
answers. You may submit your answers as hard copy or as e-mail
(either as straight e-mail or as a Word attachment). Choose the
method with which you are more comfortable. Be sure your answers are
complete.
Answers should be legible (i.e., not hand written), complete,
thoughtful, and articulate. You may consult with me via e-mail as you
develop your answers (probably a good strategy). Shoot for at least
one page per question and do not simply copy and paste answers. Use
quotes to indicate sources you found elsewhere and provide URLs or
references where appropriate. Failure to
properly cite sources may lead to a grade of zero for that
item!
1. Define Cognitive Science. Be sure your definition is complete and
covers both how cognitive science came to be and what it is now.
2. What is an interface. Give five examples and explain how each
fills the definition of an interface.
3. Representation is a core concept in cognitive science. Using the
five aspects of representation discussed in class: domain, content,
code, medium, and dynamics, represent yourself. You may provide five
examples or combine aspects. Finally, represent the number 25 (oops!,
there's one way) three other ways.
4. What is an algorithm? What is a heuristic? Give an example of
each. Which is more important to human behavior? Why?
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