Cog Sci Basics
This is the study of mental processes such as perception, memory, and decision-making.
What is cognitive science?
This neurotransmitter is often called the “feel-good” chemical and is associated with reward and pleasure.
What is dopamine?
This man made significant contributions to linguistics, particularly regarding language acquisition and the innate capacity for language
Noam Chomsky
What is the inkblot test also known as
Rorshach Test
How many seniors are on the CC Eboard?
1 - Rachael
This part of the brain is primarily responsible for executive functions like decision-making and planning.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The inability to recognize faces, even though vision is intact, is known as this condition.
What is prosopagnosia (face blindness)?
This man revolutionized the understanding of children's cognitive development by identifying four stages with milestones and thought processes
Jean Piaget
Provide a fun fact about Sigmund Freud
- he spent a lot of time dissecting eels
- he took a lot of cocaine
-anything else :)
How many Eboard members have Cognitive Science as their minor?
0
This theory suggests that we learn language through innate structures in the brain.
What is the nativist theory (or Chomsky's Universal Grammar)?
This optical illusion makes stationary objects appear to move due to visual contrast and motion cues.
What is the peripheral drift illusion?
These two are responsible for the introduction of the topic of mental rotation to cognitive science
Shepard & Metzler (1971)
What is the name of the psychological test that measures personality traits, often used in career counseling?
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Who on eboard has a phobia of butterflies?
Mikayla (co-pres)
This effect explains why people tend to remember the first and last items in a list better than the middle ones.
What is the serial position effect?
The two types of photoreceptor cells in the human retina that help with vision.
What are rods and cones?
This mathematician and computer scientist was considered a pioneer in computer science and artificial intelligence for his method of evaluating a machine's ability to think like a human
Alan Turing
What is the name of the famous prisoners and guards experiment taking place at a university?
The Stanford Experiment
Who on eboard knows how to juggle?
Kate (treasurer)
This cognitive bias causes people to overestimate how much others are paying attention to them.
What is the spotlight effect?
This sensory system is responsible for our sense of balance and spatial orientation.
What is the vestibular system?
This man is known as the father of cognitive psychology for his 1967 book Cognitive Psychology
Ulric Neisser
What are gestalt principles + some examples
A set of laws that describe how the brain organizes information and perceives patterns
- proximity, similarity, closure, continuity, connectedness, etc
Name everyone on the Eboard and their positions
Presidents - Mikayla and Saja
Vice President - Rachael
Treasurer - Kate
Secretary - Aren
Social Media - Ellie and Sofia
Event Coordinator - Wania
Freshman Liaison - Jamilah