Week 1/2
What is behaviorism
Aimed to understand cognition by studying behavior. It was primarily focused on stimulus response and was mainly supported by Skinner and Watson
Describe the mother of all demos
It was a paradigm shift, it was the first time modern day features on a computer were demoed
What is an algorithm
a sequence of well defined steps taken to solve a task/problem and transform input to output
Which sense is provides the highest bandwidth channel to cognitive centers
Vision! the eye and visual cortex of the brain form a massively parallel processor that provides the highest bandwidth channel to cognitive centers
What are the three categories of "Dark" online
Dark net, Dark web, Deep web
What is Postcognitivism
Rejects the notion that cognition is something that just happens inside the brain and posits that human cognition cannot be accurately described without taking context environment embodiment culture and artifacts into consideration
Distributed Cognition can best be described as belonging to which school of thought
Postcognitivism
What are stevens four levels of data measurement
Nominal, ordinal, interval,ratio
True or false: Humans are better at estimating relative volume than they are length or area
False
What is the Dark Web
refers to encrypted online content that is not indexed on conventional search engines. it is part of deep web a wider collection of content that doesn't appear through regular internet browsing
The term we have used to describe the relationship between cognition and technology is
Mutually elaborative
Name the 4 terms participants used to describe their motivation in engaging in media interaction
Habitual, Cognitive, Emotional, Social
What were the results of the study on emotional contagion
Emotional contagion can cause people to transfer positive and negative emotions to others
Name two things we care about when considering a visualization
1. Data types and appropriate and effective visual mappings
2. techniques for interaction (static vs interactive)
Why do these dark networks exist
To decentralize aspects of existing networks or systems, it allows you to have effective redundancy, privacy
In the TedX talk by Tristan Harris what does he posit should be the goal when designing technology
To create positive contributions to human life
What are some of the troubles in studying the effect of smartphone usage
Hardly possible to find people who don't use smart phones, people who dont use smartphones differ to those who do use them in many other aspects like age, location, socioeconomic background
What is information visualization
The interactive visual representation of abstract information to amplify cognition ... a new type of technology
What are the levels in maslows hierarchy of needs
self actualization, esteem, social needs, safety and security, physiological needs
Blockchain technology, security,anonymity, globally open
In what ways are cognitive processes distributed according to Hutchins
Time, across members of a social group, between brain body and environment and between different cortical areas
Who/what is responsible for a lot of the advances in HCI research
university based research
Arbitrary, arbitrary representations are embedded in culture and applications and require understanding and learning they are not immediate
What is transhumanism
They are concerned with whats next for human evolution especially on the genetic aspect and how we might integrate AI or cybernetics into in and how that will allow us to evolve beyond our current psychical and mental representations by the means of science and technology
What is a meme (4 things)
An idea, A tune, a catchphrase, an image