A/Prof Daniel Little’s Questions

Question 1.

In their analysis of German sailor interrogation reports, Dunn and Kirsner concluded that the German’s were not lying. Why did people assume that the Germans were lying? Why did      Dunn & Kirsner conclude that the Germans were not lying?

Question 2.

Describe how a feature-based similarity model would compute the similarity between these images.

Question 3.

Look at the following category induction problem. Explain the category induction processes in this example that would lead this example to be highly endorsed.

Example:

Eating too much trout will lead to high levels of Burristol

Eating too much tuna will lead to high levels of Burristol

Conclusion: Eating too much fish will lead to high levels of Burristol

Question 4.

Define delta- P and using a 2 × 2 table provide an example of how to compute delta- P. What is the major problem with delta- P and how is it corrected?

Prof Philip Smith’s Question

Question 5.

We say that visual attention is under both top-down and bottom-up control. What do we mean by this statement and what is the evidence that this is the case?

Dr. Adam Osth’s Question

Question 6.

According to Simons and Chabris (2011), what do laypeople think of how memory works? How does this deviate from the reconstructive view of memory?