Background & Approaches
Drawing conclusions from the materials that isn't a part of the material
What is inference?
Semantics refers to
What is the meaning of an individual words?
Determining if an item belongs to a category by comparison to ideal representative of the category
What is the prototype approach?
It grants you the ability to go beyond a verbatim interpretation of the stimulus, by making inferences or predictions
What is general knowledge?
Considered to be an essential component of semantic memory
What is categories and concepts?
What is the prototype approach and the exemplar approach?
What is semantic memory?
Set of objects that belong together is known as
What is a category?
A category that is neither too general nor too specific is referred to as
What is basic level categories?
At the age of sevens years old I learned to play the piano. This is an example of
Concepts
What is the mental representation of a category?
Aids in understanding important information on how we retrieve information from memory
What is semantic priming effect?
Know that a bus is used as a form of transportation is an example of
What is semantic memory?
Knowledge that depends on the context that surrounds us is known as
What is situated cognition approach?
Allows the brain to work somewhat even after, stroke or dementia
What is graceful degradation?