Cognitive Science

Test 2 / 2005

Modified: 2005-03-10

Instructions: Due before 2:10 p.m., Thursday, March 17.

Use the CS main page and pages you find on your own, and e-mail sent to you as the source for your answers. Submit your answers as hard copy.

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 (double spaced) 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. Pretend you are a Martian scientist and you are describing the human brain for the first time, start from the spinal cord and explain to your fellow Martian scientists the structure of the human brain.

2. I just gave you an iPod photo (see: http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/). Discuss your new toy in light of its visual and auditory properties. Tell me the first two things you will do with it and why.

3. Go to: http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb05/hues.html and summarize the article. Then, briefly discuss its theoretical implications for the interaction of language and thinking.

4. Make up a text messaging exchange between you and I discussing your final grade in Cognitive Science. The exchange must have at least 10 lines (5 from you and 5 from me). Tell me how you put your exchange together and what Web sites you used to help you.

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