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Cognitive Psyc Ch 4
pt 4 of review for exam 1 (ch1-4)
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
12/13/2011

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Term
____ = memories about skills and fact that we have regular access to at different points in time.
Definition
Long Term Memory
Term
___ = s information about the world that is stored in long-term memory, ranging from the everyday
to the formal
Definition
knowledge
Term
___ allows us to function in the world and draw inferences from the past about the present
Definition
knowledge
Term
____ Convey info, specifying an object, event, or category or its characteristics; serve to store
information; knowledge relies on representation
Definition
Representations in LTM
Term
representations are different from memories because:
o Representation is a_____of an event/thing
o A memory is an____of an event/thing
Definition
concept ; illustration
Term
modality-specific representations make use of ____ and ___ systems.
Definition
sensory and motor
Term
2 types of modality-specific representations are: ___ & ___
Definition
images & feature records
Term
___ = modality-specific representation that includes :
Spatiotemporal window: Where and when
Storage units: Like pixels in photos
Stored info: Interpretation of the contents
Definition
images
Term
____ = modality-specific representation that allows us to extract what is meaningful to us from images.
Definition
feature records
Term
___play an important role in an organism’s
survival and/or pursuit of goal
Definition
meaningful features
Term
____ ___ neurons interpret areas of images, indicating whether a particular feature is present
Definition
feature-detecting neurons
Term
____ = representations that are outside of the sensory and motor systems
Definition
amodal representations
Term
-Construct and manipulate descriptions of perceptual and motor states
-Indicate relations between objects
-Not words, but often used as words for ease of labeling symbols in research and theory

This describes ______
Definition
amodal symbols
Term
3 types of amodal representations:
1___
2___
3___
Definition
1. frame
2. semantic network
3. property list
Term
___ = a type of amodal representation:
Overall structure than specifies a set of relations that links objects
in the environment
Definition
frame
Term
___ = a type of amodal representation:
Represents the relations in the frame in a diagram form
Definition
semantic network
Term
___ = a type of amodal representation:
Characteristics of objects belonging to a given category
 Omits relations between properties
 Abstract aspects of an object
Definition
property list
Term
in ___ ___ representations are expressed as the firing pattern of a group of neurons i.e. 1101001011
Definition
neural nets
Term
Different forms of representations complement each other
 _____ complement feature records
 ___ ___ complement images
Definition
Images complement feature records
&
Amodal symbols complement images
Term
what type of representation would be used for navigating a map?
Definition
amodal symbols
Term
what type of representation would be used when you are presented with a visual stimulus?
Definition
images
Term
what are the two steps of category knowledge?
Definition
o Establish representations of individual members in a given category
o Integrate those representations
Term
the structure of a category includes:
___ & ____, ____, and ____
Definition
exemplars & rules, prototypes, and schemata
Term
____ = structure of category:
-Memories of individual members of a category
-Each memory is stored independently of others
-New ones are compared to known ones
-Implement visual areas in the brain
Definition
exemplars
Term
____ = structure of category;

-Precise definitions of the criteria for a category
-Implement motor areas in the brain
Definition
rules
Term
____ = structure of category:
-Specify what properties are most likely to be in a category
-Sometimes ___ and prototypes are the same thing
Definition
prototypes
Term
____ = structure of category:
Established sets of coherent relations between properties that typically apply to given situation or event
Definition
schemata
Term
____ =
o A set of nested categories that vary in abstraction
o Each nested category is a subset of its higher order category
o From general to more specific
o Level that is accessed depends on a situation at hand
Definition
Taxonomy
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