A process of recalling informaiton by placing it into long term memory through attaching other meaning towards those memories.

Ex. When trying to remember vocabulary, trying to find out how the word can sound like an already known word will help remember it.

Recalling of information by placing it into odd or unconventional spaces (locus).

Ex. Remembering a grocery list by thinking about tuna spilt on the bed, or eggs on the chair.

Associating meaningful word patterns with new information to be remembered.

Ex. Making up a story to remember a grocery list.

All languages have basic rules and structures that children can easily grasp onto as they learn more about the language they will be speaking.

Ex. Grammatical rules most basic in nature.

The rules of language and how we structure sentences.

Ex. Syntax and sentence usage.

Smallest units that help make up words and attach meaning to them.

Ex. "I"

When a rule is applied too widely and creates incorrect forms of words.

Ex. "I goed to the store."

A common metaphor that explains how thinking and information works in the human mind.

Ex. How a computer functions is easily relatable to how the mind works.

Mental representation of categories ideas or items based on experience.

Ex. Knowing a social paradigm.

Fairly fluid concepts that are created on every day experiences with items.

Ex. When I picture a bird I see a hawk, while someone else may see a blue-jay or a nightingale.

Mental representation of something.

Ex. When someone says "Librarian" I imagine an older lady with glasses behind a desk.

Concepts structured based on a set of rules.

Ex. Mathematical formulas.

Levels of concepts, from most general to most specific, in which a more general level includes specific information.

Ex. The concept "animal" includes dogs, cats, mice, etc.

EEG patterns associated with particular stimuli.

Ex. Brain waves shown on an EEG device when stimulus is presented.

A series of information around a specific topic, event, person and so on that covers any relevant information.

Ex. Knowing what to do in a social situation.

A script, or "event schema" is the information regarding how to behave in a certain situation.

Ex. Knowing how to behave in a restaurant.