If Professor Wagner Were to Build a Robot That Functions

question 64

Multiple Choice

If Professor Wagner were to build a robot that functions using only automatic processes,we would expect it to make decisions using

• A)algorithms.
• B)functional fixedness.
• C)heuristics.
• D)conscious reflection.

---

Definitions:

Innate Goal

An inherent aim or objective that is hardwired into an organism, guiding its behaviors from birth.

Self-actualization

A term originating from humanistic psychology, referring to the realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, considered as a drive or need present in everyone.

Abraham Maslow

A renowned American psychologist famous for developing the hierarchy of needs theory, which suggests psychological well-being is based on satisfying fundamental human needs in a specific order, ultimately leading to self-actualization.

Yerkes-Dodson Law

A theory suggesting there is an optimal level of arousal for performance, and too little or too much can hinder it.