Part 1: You will be asked to answer one of these questions on Test 6. Not all students will be asked the same question. These are the actual test questions, but you do not know which one I will ask you. You should prepare an answer to each question ahead of time. Please write in complete sentences.

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What did the Brelands mean by instinctual drift? What is an example? How did they use this concept to question the basic assumptions of behaviorism?

The information processing model uses what as a metaphor for understanding human cognition. The stimulus response model uses what as a metaphor for understanding human cognition? What is the most important difference between the two models?

According to lecture how did computers change psychological science by altering how psychologists did both statistics and literature reviews? Tell me how things were done before computers and how they changed.

Part 2: Complete Study guide

What did ethological research on critical periods and learning constraints contribute with respect to the decline of radical behaviorism?

What three behaviorist assumptions did the Brelands call into question?

What was important about Chomsky=s criticism of behaviorism? What did Chomsky specifically argue about language learning?

In what way did the popularity of Kuhn among psychologists contribute to the decline of radical behaviorism?

What criticisms of behaviorism were offered by the humansits? How did humanistic psychology contribute to the decline of behaviorism?

How did the invention of the digital computer influence the field of cognitive psychology? What role did >feedback= play?

What is the Turing test? Would it better be classified as part of information processing or as part of artificial intelligence?

What are the differences between the S-R mediational theorist=s views and the information processing model?

What did the following thinkers contribute to cognitive psychology: Bruner, Broadbent, Miller and Neisser?

According to lecture how did computers change psychological science by altering how psychologists did both statistics and literature reviews.

How and why did becoming associated with neuroscience alter the culture of psychology. What role has the scientific study of diversity played in psychology over the last 50 years.