Researchers Are Divided in Their Assessments of Connectionist Models

question 36

Multiple Choice

Researchers are divided in their assessments of connectionist models. Which of the following is NOT a concern that has been raised about these models?

• A) There has been some debate about the biological realism of the models.
• B) Some have argued that connectionist models can accomplish complex tasks only when the input, or teaching examples, are adjusted in precisely the right way.
• C) So far, connectionist models have been able to accomplish only narrowly defined tasks and have not achieved the broad intelligence displayed by humans.
• D) Connectionist models seem limited in the quantity of information they can store.

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Definitions:

Negative Number

A real number that is less than zero, indicating a lack of something or a decrease in a given value.

Pearson Correlation Coefficient

The Pearson Correlation Coefficient is a measure of the linear correlation between two variables, ranging from -1 to +1, where 1 means a perfect positive correlation and -1 means a perfect negative correlation.

Negative Numbers

Numbers less than zero, represented by a minus (-) sign.

Critical Values

Specific points on the scale of a test statistic that determine the threshold for rejecting a null hypothesis.