Grammar & Vocabulary 3 Psch

Which of the following best describes the main focus of cognitive science?

• The study of how personality traits influence behaviour.

• The study of the nervous system and its structures.

• The study of how behaviour is shaped by environmental factors.

• The study of mental processes such as perception, attention, and memory.

________, in Philosophy of Mind, is a theory about the nature of mental states. These can be identified by what they do rather than by what they are made of.

• functionalism

• structuralism

• behaviorism

• cognitivism

In Cognitive Science, '______' refers to the power of minds and mental states to represent or to stand for things, properties or situations.

• proportionality

• mentality

• representation

• intentionality

______ models emphasize the idea that a person's lexicon and their thoughts operate in a kind of associative network, which includes significant areas such as memory, attention, language learning etc.

• complicated

• cognitive

• developmental

• connectionist

The belief that all thought is reducible to machine  ______ leads to the abandonment of “meaning -making”.

• capacity

•  computability

• connectivity      

•  capability

Cognitive ______ is a state that occurs when learners face obstacles which can be invoked purposefully to add richness to the learners' existing understanding.

• representations

• vacuum

• embodied

• disequilibrium

They refused to pay the fine_____the police officer had been provocative with them.

• on account of

• on the grounds that

• due to

• in the case of

Studies have shown that small traumas can have negative impact both on mental and physical health. _____, it is important to develop effective techniques to mitigate such effects.

• Although

• Thus

• Apart from

• Despite

Which of the following best describes the core of cognitive science?

• The study of mental processes such as perception, attention, and memory.

• The study of how behaviour is shaped by environmental factors.

• The study of how personality traits influence behaviour.

• The study of the nervous system and its structures.

In Cognitive Science, the symbol ______ problem regards how words (or symbols) get their meaning.

• embodied

• grounding

• equilibrium

• represantations