According to Chapter 1 in Your Textbook, the Computer-Simulation Method

question 8

Multiple Choice

According to Chapter 1 in your textbook, the computer-simulation method

• A) attempts to explain how a computer can perform a cognitive task as quickly as possible.
• B) is not yet sophisticated enough to perform any cognitive task as efficiently as humans can.
• C) typically produces an idealized version of how humans should perform a cognitive task, rather than how they actually do perform it.
• D) tries to create a program that performs a cognitive task in the same way that humans would perform it.

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