In the 1970's,information-Processing Psychologists Combined Their Efforts to Understand Cognition

question 18

Multiple Choice

In the 1970's,information-processing psychologists combined their efforts to understand cognition with other professionals such as philosophers,linguists,engineers,and computer scientists,thus creating the field of:

• A)artificial intelligence
• B)information theory
• C)cognitive science
• D)ecological psychology

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Definitions:

Product

An item or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale.

Multiplying

The mathematical operation of increasing one number by the value of another, resulting in a total that is the product of the two numbers.

Kilo-

A prefix in the metric system representing one thousand (1000) of the unit it precedes.

Decimal

Numbers that are expressed as a fraction of a part using 10 as its base number; it also refers to the period used to separate a whole number from a fraction, as in 10.2, otherwise read as “ten and two-tenths.”