Semantic Memory
This type of memory stores general knowledge about the world.
What is semantic memory?
This approach says people compare an item to the best example of a category.
What is the prototype approach?
Instead of thinking about one ideal example, people may compare a new item to many specific examples stored in memory.
What is the exemplar approach?
In network models of memory, each concept or word is represented by one small unit in the system.
What is a node?
People use this type of knowledge structure to understand common situations based on past experience.
What is a schema?
This type of memory involves personal experiences and events.
What is episodic memory?
This term refers to the ideal or best example of a category that people compare other items to when deciding if they belong in that category.
What is a prototype?
In this idea about categorization, people store many individual examples of category members in memory.
What are exemplars?
When one concept becomes active and causes related concepts to also become active, this process is occurring.
What is spreading activation?
A predictable sequence of events, such as the steps of eating at a restaurant, is an example of this.
What is a script?
This mental process involves making logical conclusions beyond the information given.
What is inference?
Research shows that some items in a category are judged more quickly because they are more typical members of that group.
What is the typicality effect?
This type of category is often easier to classify using exemplars because it has only a few members.
What is a small-category or limited-member category?
This theory explains meaning using networks of propositions and is known as Adaptive Control of Thought Rational.
What is the ACT-R approach?
This memory error happens when people remember seeing more of a scene than was actually shown.
What is boundary extension?