PSY 316 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What theory of categorization takes the view that people create and use categories
based on a system of rules? For example, we may categorize a person as a college
student if he or she goes to class, takes notes during lecture, and studies for exams.
Anyone who does not qualify this criteria would not be considered a college student. -
Answer- classic view
Imagine taking pictures of many different types of cats and then morphing all those
images together to get an average or idealized representation of a cat. This example
represents a form of ___. - Answer- prototype
A ___ is a mental framework or body of knowledge about some topic. For example, if a
person was to think of a classroom, one might think of student desks, an instructor, and
a board. - Answer- schema
If an individual has a deficit in word finding, he or she may be diagnosed with a disorder
known as ___. - Answer- anomia
___ focuses on how semantic retrieval is faster or slower due to nodes being closer or
farther apart, whereas ___ focuses on how semantic retrieval is faster or slower due to
the weights of the nodes (i.e., these weights can either fire or inhibit semantic retrieval).
- Answer- Semantic network; connectionism
In feature comparison models, the ___ features are specific to a concept (e.g., a robin
has feathers) and the ___ features are descriptions that are common to multiple
concepts but not necessarily essential (e.g., a robin perches in trees). - Answer-
defining; characteristic
What is the two-stage theory called in which people create and relate lists of
descriptions of concepts in semantic memory? - Answer- feature comparison model
The retrieval of information from our semantic network by priming concepts that relate to
each other is called ___. - Answer- spreading of activation
___ memory is based on your personal experiences, whereas ___ memory is based on
your conceptual knowledge. - Answer- Episodic; semantic
, According to the semantic network, concepts can be considered as ___, a point or
location in semantic space. - Answer- nodes
What theory of categorization takes the view that people create and use categories
based on a system of rules? For example, we may categorize a person as a college
student if he or she goes to class, takes notes during lecture, and studies for exams.
Anyone who does not qualify this criteria would not be considered a college student. -
Answer- classic view
Imagine taking pictures of many different types of cats and then morphing all those
images together to get an average or idealized representation of a cat. This example
represents a form of ___. - Answer- prototype
A ___ is a mental framework or body of knowledge about some topic. For example, if a
person was to think of a classroom, one might think of student desks, an instructor, and
a board. - Answer- schema
If an individual has a deficit in word finding, he or she may be diagnosed with a disorder
known as ___. - Answer- anomia
___ focuses on how semantic retrieval is faster or slower due to nodes being closer or
farther apart, whereas ___ focuses on how semantic retrieval is faster or slower due to
the weights of the nodes (i.e., these weights can either fire or inhibit semantic retrieval).
- Answer- Semantic network; connectionism
In feature comparison models, the ___ features are specific to a concept (e.g., a robin
has feathers) and the ___ features are descriptions that are common to multiple
concepts but not necessarily essential (e.g., a robin perches in trees). - Answer-
defining; characteristic
What is the two-stage theory called in which people create and relate lists of
descriptions of concepts in semantic memory? - Answer- feature comparison model
The retrieval of information from our semantic network by priming concepts that relate to
each other is called ___. - Answer- spreading of activation
___ memory is based on your personal experiences, whereas ___ memory is based on
your conceptual knowledge. - Answer- Episodic; semantic
According to the semantic network, concepts can be considered as ___, a point or
location in semantic space. - Answer- nodes
A person who suffers loss of memory for events occurring before a brain injury is known
to have ___ amnesia, whereas a person who suffers loss of memory for events
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What theory of categorization takes the view that people create and use categories
based on a system of rules? For example, we may categorize a person as a college
student if he or she goes to class, takes notes during lecture, and studies for exams.
Anyone who does not qualify this criteria would not be considered a college student. -
Answer- classic view
Imagine taking pictures of many different types of cats and then morphing all those
images together to get an average or idealized representation of a cat. This example
represents a form of ___. - Answer- prototype
A ___ is a mental framework or body of knowledge about some topic. For example, if a
person was to think of a classroom, one might think of student desks, an instructor, and
a board. - Answer- schema
If an individual has a deficit in word finding, he or she may be diagnosed with a disorder
known as ___. - Answer- anomia
___ focuses on how semantic retrieval is faster or slower due to nodes being closer or
farther apart, whereas ___ focuses on how semantic retrieval is faster or slower due to
the weights of the nodes (i.e., these weights can either fire or inhibit semantic retrieval).
- Answer- Semantic network; connectionism
In feature comparison models, the ___ features are specific to a concept (e.g., a robin
has feathers) and the ___ features are descriptions that are common to multiple
concepts but not necessarily essential (e.g., a robin perches in trees). - Answer-
defining; characteristic
What is the two-stage theory called in which people create and relate lists of
descriptions of concepts in semantic memory? - Answer- feature comparison model
The retrieval of information from our semantic network by priming concepts that relate to
each other is called ___. - Answer- spreading of activation
___ memory is based on your personal experiences, whereas ___ memory is based on
your conceptual knowledge. - Answer- Episodic; semantic
, According to the semantic network, concepts can be considered as ___, a point or
location in semantic space. - Answer- nodes
What theory of categorization takes the view that people create and use categories
based on a system of rules? For example, we may categorize a person as a college
student if he or she goes to class, takes notes during lecture, and studies for exams.
Anyone who does not qualify this criteria would not be considered a college student. -
Answer- classic view
Imagine taking pictures of many different types of cats and then morphing all those
images together to get an average or idealized representation of a cat. This example
represents a form of ___. - Answer- prototype
A ___ is a mental framework or body of knowledge about some topic. For example, if a
person was to think of a classroom, one might think of student desks, an instructor, and
a board. - Answer- schema
If an individual has a deficit in word finding, he or she may be diagnosed with a disorder
known as ___. - Answer- anomia
___ focuses on how semantic retrieval is faster or slower due to nodes being closer or
farther apart, whereas ___ focuses on how semantic retrieval is faster or slower due to
the weights of the nodes (i.e., these weights can either fire or inhibit semantic retrieval).
- Answer- Semantic network; connectionism
In feature comparison models, the ___ features are specific to a concept (e.g., a robin
has feathers) and the ___ features are descriptions that are common to multiple
concepts but not necessarily essential (e.g., a robin perches in trees). - Answer-
defining; characteristic
What is the two-stage theory called in which people create and relate lists of
descriptions of concepts in semantic memory? - Answer- feature comparison model
The retrieval of information from our semantic network by priming concepts that relate to
each other is called ___. - Answer- spreading of activation
___ memory is based on your personal experiences, whereas ___ memory is based on
your conceptual knowledge. - Answer- Episodic; semantic
According to the semantic network, concepts can be considered as ___, a point or
location in semantic space. - Answer- nodes
A person who suffers loss of memory for events occurring before a brain injury is known
to have ___ amnesia, whereas a person who suffers loss of memory for events
