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The well-organized knowledge that you have about the world is called?

Semantic Memory

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What concept is most closely associated with the term "schema"?

Heuristic

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A category is a :

A group of objects that belong together

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According to the network models of semantic memory:

Activation expands from the node that has been activated, extending outward to other related nodes

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The term semantic memory can be defined as:

Our well-organized knowledge about the world

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The category "Furniture" is a:

Superordinate-level category

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According to chapter 8, the best definition of the word "concept" is:

Your mental representation of a category

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The exemplar approach to concepts suggest that our categories are based on:

Less typical items as well as highly typical items

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What can we conclude about the role of schemas in memory?

Schemas often operate

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According to John Anderson and colleagues, the smallest unit of knowledge that people can judge to be either true or false is called a:

Proposition

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John Andersons ACT-R therory:

Attempts to explain processes such as language, reasoning and decision making

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People tend to recall the events in a script more accurately if

The script is identified at the beginning of the description

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According to the "parallel distributed processing" approach to semantic memory:

Several patterns of activation can proceed at the same time

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An important feature of semantic memory is that:

It allows us to draw inferences that extend beyond the information supplied in the original stimulus

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What concept can help to explain stereotyping?

Spontaneous Generalization