Symbols are composed into patterns that stand for things in the world C. Cognitive Science must be distinguished from Cognitive Psychology 1. Cognitive Psychology is more limited in scope 2. Cognitive Psychology uses controlled experiments D. Cognitive Science used in observation of intelligent systems 1. All cognitive systems are symbol systems 1. Symbolize external and internal situations and events 2.
All cognitive systems share a basic underlying set of symbol manipulating processes.
C. A theory of cognition can be programmed to run in an appropriate environment to produce the observed behavior. Program has variables 2.