Copycat Sample Questions
Part A: Conceptual
questions.
1)
1) Define the following concepts, and explain
their importance in modeling analogies in Copycat
a.
a. Parallel terraced scan
b.
b. Conceptual slippage
c.
c. High-level perception
d.
d. Interaction between representation and
mappings
2)
2) What cognitive principles was copycat trying
to illustrate?
3)
3) Why does copycat make a distinction between
the workspace and the slipnet?
Part B: Copycat
example
4. A possible solution derived by Copycat to the problem abc : abd, hggppp : ? is hggpppp. The
correspondences that form are driven by the fact that abc is a
successor group to the right (in terms of letter category) and hggppp is a successor group to the right (in terms
of the increasing size of the letter groups).
For the solution hggpppp to be formed
in the Workspace:
a)
a) what initial and modified rule would allow this
to occur ?
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initial rule: replace _____________________ by
_______________________
modified
rule: replace
________________________ by ________________________
b) b)
One of the slippages between the
concepts used in the initial and modified rule is apparent in the
correspondence that is built between the groups abc and hggppp. Denote what descriptions would be attached to
the two groups, and the slippage that occurs on this level when the two groups
are mapped.
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abc hggppp Actual or implied conceptual slippage
Copycat question
continued:
c)
c) In the following diagram, fill in the missing
descriptions, groups, bonds and correspondences that are consistent with your
answers above.
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Copycat Sample Questions
(Answers)
A possible solution
derived by Copycat to the problem abc : abd, hggppp : ? is hggpppp. The correspondences that form are driven by
the fact that abc is a successor group to the right (in terms of
letter category) and hggppp is a successor
group to the right (in terms of the increasing size of the letter groups). For the solution hggpppp
to be formed in the Workspace:
d)
d) what initial and modified rule would allow this
to occur ?
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initial rule: replace the letter category
of the rightmost letter by its successor
modified
rule: replace the length
of the rightmost group by its successor
e) e)
One of the slippages between the
concepts used in the initial and modified rule is apparent in the
correspondence that is built between the groups abc and hggppp. Denote what descriptions would be attached to
the two groups, and the slippage that occurs on this level when the two groups
are mapped.
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abc hggppp Actual or implied conceptual slippage group group Successor (letter
cat.) right whole Successor (length) right whole Letter category Length
Copycat question
continued:
f)
f) In the following diagram, fill in the missing
descriptions, groups, bonds and relevant correspondences that are consistent
with your answers above.
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The rightmost letter corresponds to the rightmost
group The two groups correspond to each other because they
are both right successor groups spanning the whole string
