Mid-Term Exam

Psy/Orf 322 Human – Machine Interaction Fall 2003

Professors: A.L. Kornhauser, J. Cooper, J. Gelfand, G.H. Harman, R.G. Jahn, P.N. Johnson-Laird

1:30 – 2:50 PM Wednesday, March 12, 2003 Bowl 1, WWS

Instructions 1. You have until 2:50pm to complete the exam. That should allow plenty of time! 2. There are 5 questions, some having several parts. Be concise and please answer OUR questions; don’t add some of your own! 3. Use 3 separate exam booklet. One for each professor. Write your name and the question number(s) on the front of each booklet. Turn in all three booklets 4. Please use a pencil; not a pen, and write neatly. We can’t grade what we can’t read. 5. You are permitted a single-sided 8.5x11 inch “cheat sheet”. You must turn in your cheat sheet as part of your exam. 6. You need only sign the pledge on the first booklet (Kornhauser’s). We will only grade exams that have a signed pledge on Kornhauser’s booklet. 7. Good Luck!!

06/05/18 Psy/Orf 322 Human Machine Interaction – Spring 2003 1. (20 pts) Kornhauser (14pts) a. What CM&N Principle(s) of Operation govern the transmission of information using Morse Code. Consider both the Sending phase and the Listening phase and describe what limits the sending and the receiving aspects. (10 pts) Which is more limiting? Give an estimate of those limits? (4pts) ( (4pts) b. Briefly describe the concept of “chunking” and how it applies to the CM&N architecture of memory storage and retrieval by the cognitive system. (2pt) c. According to Miller as referenced by CM&N, what is the size of our effective capacity of working memory? (answer with a number or a range)

2. (20 pts) Harman

How does Descartes argue that you are distinct from your body?

3. (20 pts) Harman

Briefly sketch a behaviorist account of mental states and events and contrast it with a "functionalist" account.

4. (20 pts) Johnson-Laird

(I don’t know if this is really his question) In what ways does human reasoning go wrong and how could machines help us to improve our performance?

5. (20 pts) Johnson-Laird

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06/05/18 Psy/Orf 322 Human Machine Interaction – Spring 2003