Chapter 10 - Visual Imagery

Question 1

conceptual peg hypothesis

Answer 1

concrete words create images that other words can hang onto, enhancing memory for those words

Question 2

dissociation

Answer 2

a situation in which brain damage impairs one function while not affecting other functions

Question 3

epiphenomenon

Answer 3

accompanies the real mechanism but is not actually part of it

Question 4

imagery neurons

Answer 4

respond to perceived and imagined objects

Question 5

mental imagery

Answer 5

experiencing a sensory impression in the absence of sensory input

Question 6

method of loci

Answer 6

items to be remembered are placed at different locations in a mental image of a spatial layout

Question 7

pegword technique

Answer 7

items to be remembered are associated with concrete words

Question 8

propostitional representation

Answer 8

relationships are represented by abstract symbols (e.g., logical operators, language)

Question 9

spatial representation

Answer 9

different parts of an image correspond to different locations in space

Question 10

tacit knowledge explanation

Answer 10

subjects unconsciously use their knowledge about the world when making judgments

Question 11

unilateral neglect

Answer 11

ignoring objects in half of the visual field (or mental image)

Question 12

visual imagery

Answer 12

experiencing an image in the absence of a visual stimulus