Exam 8: The Organization of Knowledge in the Mind

According to Michael Posner,__________ priming refers to priming in which a prior exposure to a word or other stimulus primes a subsequent retrieval of that information.

__________ processing refers to the means by which only one elementary information process is executed at any one time,and multiple processes are handled sequentially.

__________ are words such as bachelor that can be readily defined through defining features.

__________ knowledge refers to information regarding facts and ideas,which can be stated in terms of propositions (sometimes described as "knowing that").

Your knowledge of how to ride a bicycle,how to write your signature,how to drive a car to a familiar location,and how to catch a ball all depend on your mental representation of what cognitive psychologists call __________ knowledge.

__________ refers to the overall process by which we transform slow,explicit information about procedures ("knowing that")into speedy,implicit implementations of procedures ("knowing how").

Which of the following is not a type of non-declarative knowledge in Larry Squire's theory?

When shown a red,edible,roundish object,you would most probably call it an apple,rather than a delicious apple or a red delicious apple.This fact suggests that "apple" is __________ of the concept.

The fundamental unit of symbolic knowledge is the __________,which may be organized into __________.

According to Anderson (1980),while we are in the __________ stage for learning how to drive a standard-shift car,we have integrated all of the various rules (for stepping on the clutch,gas,or brake pedal,while also trying to shift gears)into a single,coordinated series of actions.

The __________ process refers to a process by which stimuli activate nodes within a network and activation causes connections between nodes to become active.

An example of a simple __________ for a pedestrian to cross the street at an intersection with a traffic light includes the person first having to test whether the light is red or green.If it is red,the person stops and again tests whether the light is still red.If it is green,the person starts moving.

When talking about concepts and categories,items such as airplanes,cars,and boats are examples of _____.

The labeled relationship of attributes,which connects "furry" to "mammal," establishes meaningful connections between

According to the parallel distributed processing model proposed by McClelland and Rumelhart,whenever we use knowledge,we

Ben's parents call to tell him they will be going to a fancy restaurant for dinner.Without any additional information,most people will assume that someone paid a tip to the waiter or waitress at dinner that night.The ability to fill in missing information (e.g. ,knowing that a tip was paid)is best explained by the use of

If your car is veering toward the left side of the road,then you should steer toward the right side of the road.The "if" clause includes a set of conditions that must be met in order to implement the then clause.This is an example of __________,which are used in some computer simulations.

The fundamental unit of symbolic knowledge is typically viewed as

In the parallel distributed processing model proposed by McClelland and Rumelhart,connections between units can possess varying degrees of __________ potential,even when the connections are currently inactive.

According to a semantic-network model,when we think about cats,the __________ for cats becomes __________.