1. View the media piece, "Processing and Learning," that provides a visual representation of the nature of algorithmic problem-solving versus heuristic processing. What do you notice about the quality and relative position of the final images? What is the most significant contribution of automaticity in this model?

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2. Which learning or instructional theories would you consider for teaching beginning algebra to 14- and 15-year-old students? Why? How would this choice differ from the theories you would select for teaching foreign language or social studies to the same group of students? Why? 

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3. Among the prominent types of neural networks studied by cognitive scientists, Hopfield networks most closely model the high-degree of interconnectedness in neurons of the human cortex. The papers by McClellan et al. (1995) and Berend et al. (2015) discuss learning systems in the human brain-mind system and the role of Hopfield networks as models for actual human learning including sequence of items learned. This resonates with Chomsky's emphasis on the role of syntax and word sequence in language learning.

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Write a paper of 1,250-1,500 words in which you argue for or against the notion that Hopfield networks not only share characteristics of learning in the brain-mind system but also that they are useful analytic tools.

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