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How is cognitive economy demonstrated in the following example? The property _______ is stored once at the _______ node. Question options: a) can fly; bird b) can fly; canary c) has feathers; ostrich d) bird; penguin

A

One of the key properties of the _______ approach is that a specific concept is represented by activity that is distributed over many units in the network. Question options: a) connectionist b) hierarchical c) spreading activation d) semantic network

A

According to Collins and Quillian's semantic network model, it should take longest to verify which statement below? Question options: a) Turtles are turtles. b) A turtle is an animal. c) A turtle is related to a fish. d) A turtle is an amphibian.

B

According to the YouTube video showing a boy's categorization performance, we can tell that ________. Question options: a) the categorization ability is something we are born with b) the categorization ability is learned as we grow c) computers can easily categorize objects d) none of the above.

B

Collins and Quillian's semantic network model predicts that people need _____ time to verify "a canary is a bird" is than the time to verify "an ostrich is a bird." Question options: a) more b) less

B

In Posner and Keele's prototype experiment, subjects were asked to examine a series of dot patterns. According to the prototype approach, what can we expect when participants see the seed patterns along with new patterns during the test phase? Question options: a) Respond more accurately to the seed patterns b) Indicate that the seed patterns have been shown earlier (i.e., the 'old' response) c) Respond more quickly to the seed patterns d) None of the above.

B

In the experiment of Meyer and Schvaneveldt (1971) where participants were asked to judge whether or not the given words in a pair are words or non-words, what kind of results can be expected according to the semantic network model? Question options: a) The response time is not affected by the relationship between the words in a given pair. b) Participants will be faster to identify words when the two words are semantically related.

B

On an elementary school trip to the zoo, a child sees a penguin and a cardinal for the first time. According to the discussion regarding typicality effect, the child is more likely to call the ______ a bird. Question options: a) penguin b) cardinal

B

The semantic network model predicts that the time it takes for a person to retrieve information about a concept should be determined by _____________________________________. Question options: a) the amount of information contained in each concept. b) the distance that must be traveled through the network. c) the typicality of the information contained in each concept. d) the representativeness of the information contained in each concept.

B

Which term below is most closely associated with semantic networks? Question options: a) Distributed processing b) Cognitive economy c) Prototype formation d) Serial processing

B

Learning takes place in a connectionist network through a process of ________ in which an error signal is transmitted starting from the property units. Question options: a) graceful degradation b) error verification c) back propagation d) spreading activation

C

According to the YouTube video regarding IBM's Watson, _________. Question options: a) Watson can play chess. b) Watson can play the Chinese game, Go. c) Watson can make a phone call to make an appointment d) Watson can answer the questions in the Jeopardy show.

D


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