psych 313 exam 3

Knowledge of general facts and concepts, without recollection of how/when they were learned. This is...

 Typical instances of a concept come to mind more easily than atypical (uncommon) instances. This is...

Information is organized hierarchically (concept hierarchy). Ex. “A robin is a bird” is verified faster than “a robin is an animal”

What are some problems with the hierarchical model?

• • Typicality effect

• • Some cues work better than others

• • Categories can be loosely defined. Ex. what is a game?

• Experience can play a role, different between different people

What are the characters of the Spreading Activation Model?

• • Assumes no hierarchical structure

• Semantic relatedness

  - Cognitive or psychological distance 

  • - Represented by length of line 

• Accounts for typicality

  • -More typical associations are closer together 

• • Accounts for the effects of different experiences 

  • - We categorize words more often by the first letter

  • -How memories are stored isn’t important, just the differences between them

integrated knowledge strategy about the world, events, people, actions

• knowledge structure relating to a typical sequence of events in common situations (like playing an instrument or sport) 

• Knowledge structure relating to objects (e.g., buildings) and their properties (e.g., has floors, walls, doors, etc.)

• Trouble producing or understanding words 

• inability to produce familiar words