Exam 7: Knowing

Which is NOT true of categories?

Lexical decision performance is typically measured by response time.

Most connectionist networks will include both facilitating and inhibitory connections.

There is an implicit component to priming.

Concepts are represented in a semantic network by __________.

Semantic memory captures ________________________ information.

The amplitude of N400 ERPs was markedly lower in the right than in the left hemisphere for abstract words as compared to concrete words.Both amplitudes were lower for abstract relative to concrete words.

In connectionist models,the weight of a connection determines its strength.

What type of memory process does a schema or script aid in?

The study by Pecher,Zeelenberg,& Barsalou (2003)supports the use of perceptual symbols in semantic memory in that __________.

Explanation-based theories of categorization are based on probabilistic information.

Semantic memory is organized according to semantic relatedness among concepts.

In semantic memory research,the result that typical members of a category tend to be judged as members of the category more rapidly than atypical members is called the __________.

Which is NOT part of the Collins & Quillian model?

The proper term for better-than-baseline response (generally a result of useful advance information)is __________.

What are the mental representations that serve as a framework or body of knowledge for commonly experienced aspects of life called?

In semantic categories,the degree to which items are viewed as typical,central members of a category; the central tendency of a category: __________.

Schemata both help and hurt memory.

An abstract central core of a mental category is a(n)__________.

Describe (define)the dissociation referred to as a category-specific deficit.