Chapter 9 - Knowledge Flashcards
Ad hoc category
a novel category created spontaneously for a specialized context
Basic level
Below global but above specific
Categorization
the process by which items are placed in categories
Cognitive economy
shared properties stored at higher-level nodes
Embodied cognition
the proposal that some knowledge is based on reactivation of sensory and motor process associated with actual experience
Exemplar
a member of a category that has been experienced in the past
Hierarchical organization
large, general categories dived into many smaller, more specific categories
Mirror neurons
neurons that respond both when performing and observing an action
Semantic network
a connection of words and their meanings
Spreading activation
activity that spreads out along links between connected nodes in a semantic network
Typicality effect
high-prototypical members of a category are verified more rapidly than low-prototypical members
