AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is an example of a cognitive map? A cognitive map is a mental picture or image of the layout of the physical environment. An example of using a cognitive map would be a driver going home from work on a learned path without a GPS.

Detailed explanation-2: -A cognitive map helps break down complex research questions, establish priorities for followup research, and add clarity to abstract concepts. In cognitive mapping sessions, users are asked to create a map of a process, concept, or problem. The cognitive map is a representation of users’ mental models.

Detailed explanation-3: -Your brain creates a cognitive map using a number of sources. It uses visual stimulus and other cues like olfaction and hearing to deduce your location within an environment as you move through it. Using these cues, a vector is created that represents your position and direction within an environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -(1) They encode “location” in a state space of the task. Their representation of location (2) embeds structural knowledge of the relationships between different states, and (3) it can be generalized across tasks with shared statistical structure but different sensory events.