Question 1

Codes are event schemas that people use to reason about prototypical events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which statement is NOT evidence for propositional representations?

Accepted Answer

A)  The meaning of a picture is remembered better than its details. 
B)  Pictures are remembered better than words. 
C)  The meaning of a sentence is remembered better than its wording. 
D)  In the Bransford and Franks experiment,people cannot remember exactly what they heard. 
A)  The meaning of a picture is remembered better than its details. 
B)  Pictures are remembered better than words. 
C)  The meaning of a sentence is remembered better than its wording. 
D)  In the Bransford and Franks experiment,people cannot remember exactly what they heard.

Question 3

Memory for detail of pictures is often rapidly forgotten.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What were the results and implications of the Brewer and Treyens' (1981)office study?

Accepted Answer

Brewer and Treyens' (1981)office study r

Question 5

Schemas represent concepts in terms of supersets,parts,and other attribute value pairs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Explain Paivio's dual-code theory.

Accepted Answer

Paivio's dual-code theory proposes that

Question 7

In what ways is memory for verbal information similar to and different from memory for visual information?

Accepted Answer

Memory for verbal information is similar

Question 8

In the Brewer and Treyens' office study,most subjects recalled seeing:

Accepted Answer

A)  a skull that was present in the office. 
B)  a skull that was not present in the office. 
C)  books that were present in the office. 
D)  books that were not present in the office. 
A)  a skull that was present in the office. 
B)  a skull that was not present in the office. 
C)  books that were present in the office. 
D)  books that were not present in the office.

Question 9

_____ emphasizes the contribution of motor action and how it connects us to the environment.

Accepted Answer

A)  Amodal symbol hypothesis 
B)  Embodied cognition 
C)  Motor theory 
D)  Perceptual symbol hypothesis 
A)  Amodal symbol hypothesis 
B)  Embodied cognition 
C)  Motor theory 
D)  Perceptual symbol hypothesis

Question 10

Suppose that after either a short or long delay,you were shown two sentences that differed in form but had the same meaning as a sentence you had seen earlier.In all likelihood,you would:

Accepted Answer

A)  recall the correct form regardless of the length of delay. 
B)  not recall the correct form,even after a very short delay. 
C)  not recall the correct form after a long delay. 
D)  not recall the correct form,regardless of the length of delay. 
A)  recall the correct form regardless of the length of delay. 
B)  not recall the correct form,even after a very short delay. 
C)  not recall the correct form after a long delay. 
D)  not recall the correct form,regardless of the length of delay.

Question 11

Differentiate between an amodal hypothesis and a multimodal hypothesis.

Accepted Answer

The amodal hypothesis and multimodal hyp

Question 12

Which pair lists two different perspectives on how representations are stored?

Accepted Answer

A)  allocentric,egocentric 
B)  template,exemplar 
C)  declarative,semantic 
D)  multimodal,amodal 
A)  allocentric,egocentric 
B)  template,exemplar 
C)  declarative,semantic 
D)  multimodal,amodal

Question 13

What is a schema? What is a script?

Accepted Answer

A schema is a structure that represents

Question 14

Your friend has just participated in a memory experiment and tells you about it.In this experiment,your friend had to look at a number of sentences and a number of pictures.After studying the sentences and pictures,your friend was shown pairs of two pictures or two sentences and then asked to point to which picture or sentence she remembered seeing before.Which test is your friend likely to do better on?

Accepted Answer

A)  She will perform better on the verbal test because memory for verbal information is better than memory for visual information. 
B)  She will perform better on the visual test because memory for visual information is better than memory for verbal information. 
C)  She will perform similarly on both tests because memory for both visual and verbal information is similar. 
D)  She will perform really poorly on the verbal test because the visual information will interfere too much with her memory for the verbal information. 
A)  She will perform better on the verbal test because memory for verbal information is better than memory for visual information. 
B)  She will perform better on the visual test because memory for visual information is better than memory for verbal information. 
C)  She will perform similarly on both tests because memory for both visual and verbal information is similar. 
D)  She will perform really poorly on the verbal test because the visual information will interfere too much with her memory for the verbal information.

Question 15

According to the abstraction theories,we store only specific instances,with the more general inferences emerging from these instances.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Suppose you went to a university workshop on how to apply for financial aid and were given a short set of explicit instructions at the end.After handing out aid forms,the instructor then asked you to report how much of the verbatim instructions you recall.Which statement indicates what you probably would recall from the instructions?

Accepted Answer

A)  I would probably recall the instructions verbatim. 
B)  I would probably recall the gist of the instructions. 
C)  I would probably recall both meaning and sentence structure. 
D)  I would probably recall the style of the message,but not the meaning. 
A)  I would probably recall the instructions verbatim. 
B)  I would probably recall the gist of the instructions. 
C)  I would probably recall both meaning and sentence structure. 
D)  I would probably recall the style of the message,but not the meaning.

Question 17

In Kintsch's (1974)propositional notation,each proposition is represented as a list containing a relation followed by an ordered list of schemas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Recent evidence suggests that damage to which brain structure leads to deficits in implicit category learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  the hippocampus 
B)  the cerebellum 
C)  the basal ganglia 
D)  the thalamus 
A)  the hippocampus 
B)  the cerebellum 
C)  the basal ganglia 
D)  the thalamus

Question 19

The notation used by Kintsch (1974)represents propositions as lists containing a relation followed by an ordered list of:

Accepted Answer

A)  features. 
B)  links. 
C)  arguments. 
D)  actions. 
A)  features. 
B)  links. 
C)  arguments. 
D)  actions.

Question 20

Which statement is NOT true of semantic networks?

Accepted Answer

A)  All properties relevant to a concept are stored directly at that concept's node. 
B)  Facts that are true of higher-level categories are also true of lower-level categories. 
C)  Recalling properties of a concept generally takes longer the more links one has to go through to get to the property. 
D)  Facts that are encountered frequently with a concept are stored directly with that concept. 
A)  All properties relevant to a concept are stored directly at that concept's node. 
B)  Facts that are true of higher-level categories are also true of lower-level categories. 
C)  Recalling properties of a concept generally takes longer the more links one has to go through to get to the property. 
D)  Facts that are encountered frequently with a concept are stored directly with that concept.

Codes are event schemas that people use to reason about prototypical events.

Which statement is NOT evidence for propositional representations?

Memory for detail of pictures is often rapidly forgotten.

What were the results and implications of the Brewer and Treyens' (1981)office study?

Schemas represent concepts in terms of supersets,parts,and other attribute value pairs.

Explain Paivio's dual-code theory.

In what ways is memory for verbal information similar to and different from memory for visual information?

In the Brewer and Treyens' office study,most subjects recalled seeing:

_____ emphasizes the contribution of motor action and how it connects us to the environment.

Suppose that after either a short or long delay,you were shown two sentences that differed in form but had the same meaning as a sentence you had seen earlier.In all likelihood,you would:

Differentiate between an amodal hypothesis and a multimodal hypothesis.

Which pair lists two different perspectives on how representations are stored?

What is a schema? What is a script?

According to the abstraction theories,we store only specific instances,with the more general inferences emerging from these instances.

In Kintsch's (1974)propositional notation,each proposition is represented as a list containing a relation followed by an ordered list of schemas.

Recent evidence suggests that damage to which brain structure leads to deficits in implicit category learning?

The notation used by Kintsch (1974)represents propositions as lists containing a relation followed by an ordered list of:

Which statement is NOT true of semantic networks?

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Exam 5: Representation of Knowledge

Codes are event schemas that people use to reason about prototypical events.

Which statement is NOT evidence for propositional representations?

Memory for detail of pictures is often rapidly forgotten.

What were the results and implications of the Brewer and Treyens' (1981)office study?

Schemas represent concepts in terms of supersets,parts,and other attribute value pairs.

Explain Paivio's dual-code theory.

In what ways is memory for verbal information similar to and different from memory for visual information?

In the Brewer and Treyens' office study,most subjects recalled seeing:

_____ emphasizes the contribution of motor action and how it connects us to the environment.

Suppose that after either a short or long delay,you were shown two sentences that differed in form but had the same meaning as a sentence you had seen earlier.In all likelihood,you would:

Differentiate between an amodal hypothesis and a multimodal hypothesis.

Which pair lists two different perspectives on how representations are stored?

What is a schema? What is a script?

According to the abstraction theories,we store only specific instances,with the more general inferences emerging from these instances.

In Kintsch's (1974)propositional notation,each proposition is represented as a list containing a relation followed by an ordered list of schemas.

Recent evidence suggests that damage to which brain structure leads to deficits in implicit category learning?

The notation used by Kintsch (1974)represents propositions as lists containing a relation followed by an ordered list of:

Which statement is NOT true of semantic networks?

The Science of Cognition

Perception

Attention and Performance

Mental Imagery

Human Memory: Encoding and Storage

Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval

Problem Solving

Expertise

Reasoning

Decision Making

Language Structure

Language Comprehension

Individual Differences in Cognition

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