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In explaining cognition, the connectionist approach emphasizes:
 
  a) interactions between individual processing units in the brain.
   b) the serial nature of cognitive processing.
   c) that cognitive processes are localized within certain regions of the brain.
   d) simple perceptual processing, rather than higher-level cognitive processing.

Question 2

Which model of cognition uses a brain-based metaphor to describe cognitive processes in terms of complex and interconnected networks of individual processing units that operate in parallel?
 
  a) Computerism
   b) Structuralism
   c) Parallelism
   d) Connectionism



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d



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