Which of the following schools does the neural network study belong to?

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Options

• ASymbolism
• BConnectionism
• CBehaviorism
• DNone of the above

• A
  11% (3)
• B
  78% (21)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

Neural networks belong to Connectionism because they model intelligence as patterns of activation flowing through interconnected nodes, directly inspired by how biological neurons form synaptic connections in the brain. Connectionism holds that cognition emerges from large networks of simple, interacting units -- exactly what a neural network implements.

Symbolism (A) is wrong because it represents knowledge through explicit symbols, rules, and logic (think expert systems and decision trees), with no role for weighted connections or learned representations. Behaviorism (C) is a psychological theory focused on observable stimulus-response behavior; it does not describe a computational architecture for building AI systems.

Memory tip: Connect "connectionism" to "connections" -- neural networks are defined by their weighted connections between nodes, making the name self-explanatory.

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