Semantic Memory
What is semantic memory?
a category of long-term memory that involves the recollection of ideas, concepts and facts (general knowledge)
IS SEMANTIC MEMORY HIERARCHICALLY ORGANIZED?
No
The Three R's of Remembering are
Record, Retain, Retrieve
What is FCT?
CONCEPTS ARE STORED AS LISTS OF FEATURES (BIRDS: HAVE WINGS, HAVE BEAKS, LAYS EGGS, HAVE FEATHERS, LIVE IN TREES, EAT WORMS, MAKES NESTS, CHIRPS)
What is a Schema?
Generalized knowledge about an event, a person, or a situation
WHAT IS THE PROPOSITION TO SEMANTIC MEMORY?
The relationship between two concepts that have true value
WHAT IS ASSOCIATIVE NETWORK MODEL?
A MASSIVE NETWORK OF ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS.
In the game show Jeopardy, contestants are tested on general information. The type of memory used to answer these kinds of questions is ________.
Semantic
This is a flawed theory because
few categories have clear defining features
HOW CAN A SCHEMA BE INFLUENCED BY WHAT IS REMEMBERED?
MANIPULATION AND MEASURE
WHAT IS THE CONCEPT OF SEMANTIC MEMORY?
An idea that includes all that is characteristically associated with it.
WHAT IS SPREADING ACTIVATION?
when activity in one node in a network flows outward to other nodes through associative links.
Suppose Tamika looks up a number in the telephone book. After getting a busy signal, a minute or so later she tries to call again—but has already forgotten the number! This example illustrates the limited duration of ________ memory.
Short-Term
Which theory relates to how we form categories?
Prototype theory
What is a script?
Well-learned sequences of events associated with common activities
Semantic Memory is supported by a separate neurocognitive system, unlike _____ memory that has a _______ dynamic
episodic; temporal
The Hierarchical Network Model was developed by
Collins and Quillian
As memories get older, they are most likely ________.
to become changed or altered in some fashion
The more prototypical an example is _____
the more likely it is to be judged more quickly after semantic priming
In Brewers and Treyens (1981) study participants:
Waited in an office waiting room & Later when out of the room recalled items from that room
Lexical memory is
A representational system for the words of our language
What is Semantic priming?
the effect of one word or idea on the processing of a related word or idea
Many older adults can vividly recall where they were and what they were doing the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated, although they cannot remember what they were doing the day before he was assassinated. This is an example of ________.
a flashbulb memory
Semantic priming works better if the target words are ______ rather than _______.
prototypical; non-prototypical
Schemas provide structure for retrieving _______ events and information
longer