chapter 11 LTM

____ suggested that episodic and semantic memories are created in separate subsystems.

• Tulving

• Bartlett

• Baddeley & Hitch

• Collins & Quillian

Episodic memory is based on strengthening pathways in the brain between...

• an event and its context

• the senses and the node representing an event

• an event and the node representing its meaning

• the neurons within the node that represents an event

Rats exposed to music by Mozart develop a preference for his music. This is an example of

• the Zari effect

• the mere exposure effect

• semantic memory

• semantic priming

The concept of a semantic network was first proposed by___

• Tulving

• Bartlett

• Collins and Quillian

• Collins and Loftus

According to the semantic network model, to find out whether canaries have hearts, you would need to check the node for___

• canaries

• birds

• animals

• living creatures

In a sentence verification task, participants must decide___

• if a sentence is true

• if a sentence is grammatically correct

• if a sentence was in a story read earlier

• the language of a sentence

According to the semantic network model, the time to verify that a canary ____ should be longer than the time to verify that a canary _____.

• is a bird; is an animal

• is an animal; is a bird

• has feathers; sings

• sings; has feathers

Semantic network models assume that activation of a node spreads to all the other nodes to which it is connected. This property is called

• irradiation

• semantic generalization

• spreading activation

• spreading effect

The Collins and Quillian model says that it should take the same amount of time to verify the statements “A canary is a bird” and “An ostrich is a bird.” Research

• confirmed this prediction

• showed that it takes longer to verify that a canary is a bird

• showed that it takes longer to verify that an ostrich is a bird

• was inconclusive

It takes longer to verify that “an ostrich is a bird” than “a canary is a bird.” This is an example of

• the typicality effect

• the birdy nam nam effect

• the familiarity effect

• the frequency effect