quiz 6 Flashcards
We discussed a number of possible problems with Collins & Quillian’s hierarchical model of long-term memory. For example, when making judgments about category membership, people are faster to verify “A canary is a bird” and slower to verify “A penguin is a bird.” This finding is called ________________________.
the typicality effect
Following a case of encephalitis, patient CMR appears unable to recognize life-long friends or tell stories from his youth. He is likely suffering from ________________ amnesia.
Retrograde
Patient SB was a long-time abuser of alcohol and shows clinical signs of Korsakoff’s syndrome. He is able to tell stories of when he began drinking and other episodes from the past, but can’t seem to remember anything since beginning treatment. Based on this description, he is primarily suffering from _____________ amnesia.
Anterograde
Brenda Milner (1965) did a series of experiments with patient HM. Using a mirror tracing test, it was found that HM improved at a skilled task over time even though he could not recall doing the task. This demonstrated a difference between _______ and __________ memory.
Declarative and procedural
Which of the models discussed in lecture has propositions as the basic form of representation?
The adaptive control of thought model
Which of the following are propositions, as described by the ACT model?
A. I believe this sentence is a proposition. B. Canada. C. True or false. D. The dress is blue and black.
The dress is blue and black.
I believe this sentence is a proposition.
According to the ACT model, what should spreading activation make available in working memory?
The nodes most activated by a proposition should be in working memory.
Which of the following are true of the PDP model of memory?
Each new input changes the strength of connections between connected units.
It is biologically inspired.
Links between units can be either inhibitory or excitatory.
We have discussed many different types of memory. Endel Tulving, the famous memory researcher, once described one type of memory as “mental time travel.” Such _______________ memories are temporally organized and associated with a source.
episodic
“Richard is rich and powerful.”
How many propositions are in the following diagram and what are they?
Two: Richard is rich. Richard is powerful
the advantages of parallel distributed processing (PDP) models?
Information is represented in a way that makes it resilient to damage.
Both episodic and semantic types of memory are accounted for in a principled way.
Context is stored along with target inputs, allowing for more cues to memories.
