Glossary S I Flashcards
satisficing
considering options one by one and stop doing so as soon as we found a satisfying one
schemas
mental frameworks for representing knowledge in arrays of interrelated concepts in a meaningful organization
script
a structure that describes appropriate sequences of of events in a particular context
selective attention
attending to some stimuli and to ignore others
selective-combination insight
taking snippets of relevant information and combining them in a new and useful way
selective-comparison insight
involves novel perceptions of how new information relates to old information
selective-encoding insight
involves distinguishing relevant from irrelevant information
semantic memory
stores general world knowledge
semantic network
a web of interconnected elements of meaning
semantics
the study of meaning in a language
sensory store
able of storing little information very briefly
septum
involved in anger and fear
serial-position curve
represents the probability of recall of a given word, given its serial position in a list
serial processing
means by which information is handled through a linear sequence of operations
short-term store
capable of storing info for somewhat longer periods, but limited capacity
SDT
Signal-detection-Theory: theory of how we detect stimuli that involves four possible outcomes (false positives etc.)
single-system hypothesis
suggests that two languages are represented in just one system
spacing effect
learning is more efficient when material has been learned over a longer period of time
speech acts
addresses the question of what we can accomplish with speech
