Uncertainty And Prediction Lecture

Question 1

What is perceptual uncertainty?

Answer 1

Uncertainty about what we are seeing

Question 2

Use of normative models of cognition

Answer 2

Ideal decision making process To specify the best possible solution to a problem

Question 3

An example of a normative model of uncertainty

Answer 3

Bayesian interference

Question 4

Advantages of normative approaches to cognition

Answer 4

Probabilistic approaches are the best why of handling uncertainty
Confer huge cervical advantages in an uncertain world

Question 5

Disadvantages of normative approaches to cognition

Answer 5

Controversial
Arguable human cognition is far from optimal
May be better for some areas than others

Question 6

Multisensory integration

Answer 6

Integrating the information we have learned to generate the best possible solution

Question 7

Most simple approach of multisensory integration?

Answer 7

Take the average equal weighting

Question 8

Predictive processing theories

Answer 8

Prior knowledge about others
new input from observation
Social perception
Precision weighting

Question 9

How is uncertainty relevant to psychology?

Answer 9

The world is fundamentally uncertain at almost every level we can think of

Question 10

What are normative models important for?

Answer 10

Explaining how social cognition and perception intercept other people’s actions