Question 1

Visual images are represented in the ___________ lobe.

Accepted Answer

A) frontal 
B) occipital 
C) parietal 
D) temporal 
A) frontal 
B) occipital 
C) parietal 
D) temporal

Question 2

A ________________ is a physical state that stands for an object,event,or concept.

Accepted Answer

A) category 
B) representation 
C) memory 
D) neural network 
A) category 
B) representation 
C) memory 
D) neural network

Question 3

Category knowledge is ____________________________.

Accepted Answer

A) greater than sensory information 
B) perceptually driven 
C) limited to immediate sensory information 
D) not appropriate as a basis for inferences 
A) greater than sensory information 
B) perceptually driven 
C) limited to immediate sensory information 
D) not appropriate as a basis for inferences

Question 4

A population of conjunctive neurons that associate feature information within a given modality is known as a(n)____________________.

Accepted Answer

A) neural net 
B) association area 
C) primary sensory cortex 
D) secondary sensory cortex 
A) neural net 
B) association area 
C) primary sensory cortex 
D) secondary sensory cortex

Question 5

Modality-specific : amodal :: perceptually-related : ___________.

Accepted Answer

A) motor-related 
B) frequently occurring 
C) multiple modalities 
D) abstract 
A) motor-related 
B) frequently occurring 
C) multiple modalities 
D) abstract

Question 6

_______________ is the ability to establish that a perceived entity belongs to a particular group of things that share key characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A) Categorization 
B) Perception 
C) Grouping 
D) Familiarization 
A) Categorization 
B) Perception 
C) Grouping 
D) Familiarization

Question 7

Representations can be modality specific,meaning that they ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A) are situation specific 
B) use perceptual or motor systems 
C) rely on the most common occurrences 
D) cannot be generalized 
A) are situation specific 
B) use perceptual or motor systems 
C) rely on the most common occurrences 
D) cannot be generalized

Question 8

Information about the world that is stored in memory is referred to as _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) learning 
B) understanding 
C) knowledge 
D) experience 
A) learning 
B) understanding 
C) knowledge 
D) experience

Question 9

In terms of categories,brain lesions result in deficits to _______________.

Accepted Answer

A) specific categories 
B) categories sharing similar properties 
C) all categories 
D) ontological categories 
A) specific categories 
B) categories sharing similar properties 
C) all categories 
D) ontological categories

Question 10

A format for a representation refers to all of the following except ________________.

Accepted Answer

A) how elements are arranged 
B) type of code 
C) processes for extracting information 
D) neural structure 
A) how elements are arranged 
B) type of code 
C) processes for extracting information 
D) neural structure

Question 11

A(n)______________ is a set of nested categories that vary in abstraction with each nested subset being a subset of its higher order category.

Accepted Answer

A) ontological type 
B) taxonomy 
C) schema 
D) typicality gradient 
A) ontological type 
B) taxonomy 
C) schema 
D) typicality gradient

Question 12

A(n)_______________ is a meaningful sensory aspect of a perceived stimulus.

Accepted Answer

A) aspect 
B) quality 
C) feature 
D) characteristic 
A) aspect 
B) quality 
C) feature 
D) characteristic

Question 13

Kosslyn (1975)found that the ____________ of a mental image influenced how quickly it was processed.

Accepted Answer

A) category 
B) level of detail 
C) modality 
D) relative size 
A) category 
B) level of detail 
C) modality 
D) relative size

Question 14

Knowledge affects all of the following except _____________.

Accepted Answer

A) action 
B) language 
C) perception 
D) development 
A) action 
B) language 
C) perception 
D) development

Question 15

The visual areas of the brain represent the __________ of exemplars and the motor areas ________________ the process of rehearsing rules.

Accepted Answer

A) convergence,enhance 
B) rules,activate 
C) content,implement 
D) qualities,facilitate 
A) convergence,enhance 
B) rules,activate 
C) content,implement 
D) qualities,facilitate

Question 16

The average category member generated through simulation can also be referred to as a(n)____________.

Accepted Answer

A) prototype 
B) model 
C) archetype 
D) mean member 
A) prototype 
B) model 
C) archetype 
D) mean member

Question 17

The analogy of digital pictures was used in the text to describe mental images.Examine this analogy.In what ways are digital pictures like mental images and in what ways are they different?

Accepted Answer

A picture depicts one location within th

Question 18

Individual members become associated with a category because they ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) have the same image 
B) share a statistical pattern 
C) have identical features 
D) share storage units 
A) have the same image 
B) share a statistical pattern 
C) have identical features 
D) share storage units

Question 19

Individual members of a category are known as ______________.

Accepted Answer

A) prototypes 
B) schemata 
C) member units 
D) exemplars 
A) prototypes 
B) schemata 
C) member units 
D) exemplars

Question 20

Your text authors claim that knowledge plays an important role in all cognitive processing.Provide examples supporting this claim using three different cognitive processes.

Accepted Answer

Knowledge about characteristics of a gro

Visual images are represented in the ___________ lobe.

A ________________ is a physical state that stands for an object,event,or concept.

Category knowledge is ____________________________.

A population of conjunctive neurons that associate feature information within a given modality is known as a(n)____________________.

Modality-specific : amodal :: perceptually-related : ___________.

_______________ is the ability to establish that a perceived entity belongs to a particular group of things that share key characteristics.

Representations can be modality specific,meaning that they ____________________.

Information about the world that is stored in memory is referred to as _____________.

In terms of categories,brain lesions result in deficits to _______________.

A format for a representation refers to all of the following except ________________.

A(n)______________ is a set of nested categories that vary in abstraction with each nested subset being a subset of its higher order category.

A(n)_______________ is a meaningful sensory aspect of a perceived stimulus.

Kosslyn (1975)found that the ____________ of a mental image influenced how quickly it was processed.

Knowledge affects all of the following except _____________.

The visual areas of the brain represent the of exemplars and the motor areas ______ the process of rehearsing rules.

The average category member generated through simulation can also be referred to as a(n)____________.

The analogy of digital pictures was used in the text to describe mental images.Examine this analogy.In what ways are digital pictures like mental images and in what ways are they different?

Individual members become associated with a category because they ______________.

Individual members of a category are known as ______________.

Your text authors claim that knowledge plays an important role in all cognitive processing.Provide examples supporting this claim using three different cognitive processes.

How the Brain Gives Rise to the Mind

Perception

Attention

Encoding and Retrieval From Long-Term Memory

Working Memory

Executive Processes

Emotion and Cognition

Decision Making

Problem Solving and Reasoning

Motor Cognition and Mental Simulation

Language

Filters

Exam 4: Representation and Knowledge in Long-Term Memory

Visual images are represented in the ___________ lobe.

A ________________ is a physical state that stands for an object,event,or concept.

Category knowledge is ____________________________.

A population of conjunctive neurons that associate feature information within a given modality is known as a(n)____________________.

Modality-specific : amodal :: perceptually-related : ___________.

_______________ is the ability to establish that a perceived entity belongs to a particular group of things that share key characteristics.

Representations can be modality specific,meaning that they ____________________.

Information about the world that is stored in memory is referred to as _____________.

In terms of categories,brain lesions result in deficits to _______________.

A format for a representation refers to all of the following except ________________.

A(n)______________ is a set of nested categories that vary in abstraction with each nested subset being a subset of its higher order category.

A(n)_______________ is a meaningful sensory aspect of a perceived stimulus.

Kosslyn (1975)found that the ____________ of a mental image influenced how quickly it was processed.

Knowledge affects all of the following except _____________.

The visual areas of the brain represent the __________ of exemplars and the motor areas ________________ the process of rehearsing rules.

The average category member generated through simulation can also be referred to as a(n)____________.

The analogy of digital pictures was used in the text to describe mental images.Examine this analogy.In what ways are digital pictures like mental images and in what ways are they different?

Individual members become associated with a category because they ______________.

Individual members of a category are known as ______________.

Your text authors claim that knowledge plays an important role in all cognitive processing.Provide examples supporting this claim using three different cognitive processes.

How the Brain Gives Rise to the Mind

Perception

Attention

Encoding and Retrieval From Long-Term Memory

Working Memory

Executive Processes

Emotion and Cognition

Decision Making

Problem Solving and Reasoning

Motor Cognition and Mental Simulation

Language

Filters

The visual areas of the brain represent the of exemplars and the motor areas ______ the process of rehearsing rules.