EXP3604C Exam 2 questions well
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The use of theories plays an important role in our conceptual knowledge. Which of these is
FALSE about the theories involved in conceptual knowledge? - correct answer ✔✔They are
often as precise and accurate as most scientific theories.
According to exemplar theory, typicality effects - correct answer ✔✔reflect the fact that typical
category members are probably frequent in our environment and are therefore frequently
represented in memory.
The neuropsychological evidence (fMRI, patients with trauma) suggests that - correct answer
✔✔categories of objects seem to be stored in similar neural areas (e.g., living things versus
nonliving things).
Proposition networks assume knowledge is ________, however, it is more likely that knowledge
is actually ________. - correct answer ✔✔localized, distributed
In making judgments about category membership, participants - correct answer ✔✔are often
able to make a distinction between typicality and actual category membership.
A proposition is defined as - correct answer ✔✔the smallest unit of knowledge that can be true
or false.
Which of the following benefits does a hierarchical network provide? - correct answer ✔✔It is
efficient because information is stored only once.
,The term "connection weights" refers to the - correct answer ✔✔strength of connections
between nodes.
In a PDP model, learning can happen in all of the following ways EXCEPT - correct answer
✔✔random, synchronous firing of nodes leads to a weakening of a connection.
Which of the following is NOT implied by the textbook's discussion of mutilated lemons and
perfect counterfeits? - correct answer ✔✔Participants are unable to separate their judgments
about category membership from their judgments about typicality.
If a participant is asked to remember a previously experienced event, the relevant memory
must be accessed via - correct answer ✔✔a retrieval path.
In general, any technique designed to improve memory is referred to as - correct answer ✔✔a
mnemonic strategy.
A physician has just read an article about a recently invented drug. Which of the following is
LEAST important in determining whether the physician will remember the article later on? -
correct answer ✔✔The physician expected to need the information later on and therefore
employed a maintenance memorization strategy that she believed had helped her memorize
material in the past.
The intention to learn new material - correct answer ✔✔leads participants to approach the
material in the fashion they think best for memorization.
Reading your notes, or the textbook, over and over again is NOT recommended as a study
strategy because - correct answer ✔✔it is a passive form of learning.
A student wishes to memorize an essay so that he will be able to recall the essay's content later
on. Which of the following is likely to be LEAST helpful to him? - correct answer ✔✔reading the
essay aloud over and over again
, For most recall tests, the transfer of items into long term storage is best facilitated by ________
rehearsal. - correct answer ✔✔elaborative
As a general rule, the intention to learn - correct answer ✔✔has an indirect effect on learning.
When recalling a list of letters (e.g., T, O, D, F, P, A, E, G ), participants may group the letters into
syllables for future recall (e.g., TO, DIF ). Which of these answers is a potential problem for this
strategy? - correct answer ✔✔The chunking process requires resources, and this makes
rehearsal more difficult.
Based on the composite depth of processing data presented in this book, how does the
intention to memorize influence how well we learn? - correct answer ✔✔The intention to
memorize adds nothing to our ability to learn.
Amnesia can provide insight into the role of memory in our everyday lives. For example, if H.M.
was having a conversation with a friend and noticed the friend looking off in the distance and
smiling, he was most likely to - correct answer ✔✔forget the conversation immediately, because
his attention had been turned to his friend's smile.
Participants listen to a series of sentences played against a background of noise. Some of the
sentences are identical to sentences heard earlier (without the noise), but other sentences
heard in the noise are new. In this setting, participants will perceive - correct answer ✔✔the
noise as being less loud when it accompanies the familiar sentences.
Current evidence indicates that patients suffering from Korsakoff's amnesia - correct answer
✔✔have preserved implicit memory despite severe disruption in explicit memory.
In a classic demonstration, Claparède showed that - correct answer ✔✔the behavior of a
Korsakoff 's amnesia patient can be changed by a recent event even though the patient shows
no signs of remembering that event.
answered A+ passed
The use of theories plays an important role in our conceptual knowledge. Which of these is
FALSE about the theories involved in conceptual knowledge? - correct answer ✔✔They are
often as precise and accurate as most scientific theories.
According to exemplar theory, typicality effects - correct answer ✔✔reflect the fact that typical
category members are probably frequent in our environment and are therefore frequently
represented in memory.
The neuropsychological evidence (fMRI, patients with trauma) suggests that - correct answer
✔✔categories of objects seem to be stored in similar neural areas (e.g., living things versus
nonliving things).
Proposition networks assume knowledge is ________, however, it is more likely that knowledge
is actually ________. - correct answer ✔✔localized, distributed
In making judgments about category membership, participants - correct answer ✔✔are often
able to make a distinction between typicality and actual category membership.
A proposition is defined as - correct answer ✔✔the smallest unit of knowledge that can be true
or false.
Which of the following benefits does a hierarchical network provide? - correct answer ✔✔It is
efficient because information is stored only once.
,The term "connection weights" refers to the - correct answer ✔✔strength of connections
between nodes.
In a PDP model, learning can happen in all of the following ways EXCEPT - correct answer
✔✔random, synchronous firing of nodes leads to a weakening of a connection.
Which of the following is NOT implied by the textbook's discussion of mutilated lemons and
perfect counterfeits? - correct answer ✔✔Participants are unable to separate their judgments
about category membership from their judgments about typicality.
If a participant is asked to remember a previously experienced event, the relevant memory
must be accessed via - correct answer ✔✔a retrieval path.
In general, any technique designed to improve memory is referred to as - correct answer ✔✔a
mnemonic strategy.
A physician has just read an article about a recently invented drug. Which of the following is
LEAST important in determining whether the physician will remember the article later on? -
correct answer ✔✔The physician expected to need the information later on and therefore
employed a maintenance memorization strategy that she believed had helped her memorize
material in the past.
The intention to learn new material - correct answer ✔✔leads participants to approach the
material in the fashion they think best for memorization.
Reading your notes, or the textbook, over and over again is NOT recommended as a study
strategy because - correct answer ✔✔it is a passive form of learning.
A student wishes to memorize an essay so that he will be able to recall the essay's content later
on. Which of the following is likely to be LEAST helpful to him? - correct answer ✔✔reading the
essay aloud over and over again
, For most recall tests, the transfer of items into long term storage is best facilitated by ________
rehearsal. - correct answer ✔✔elaborative
As a general rule, the intention to learn - correct answer ✔✔has an indirect effect on learning.
When recalling a list of letters (e.g., T, O, D, F, P, A, E, G ), participants may group the letters into
syllables for future recall (e.g., TO, DIF ). Which of these answers is a potential problem for this
strategy? - correct answer ✔✔The chunking process requires resources, and this makes
rehearsal more difficult.
Based on the composite depth of processing data presented in this book, how does the
intention to memorize influence how well we learn? - correct answer ✔✔The intention to
memorize adds nothing to our ability to learn.
Amnesia can provide insight into the role of memory in our everyday lives. For example, if H.M.
was having a conversation with a friend and noticed the friend looking off in the distance and
smiling, he was most likely to - correct answer ✔✔forget the conversation immediately, because
his attention had been turned to his friend's smile.
Participants listen to a series of sentences played against a background of noise. Some of the
sentences are identical to sentences heard earlier (without the noise), but other sentences
heard in the noise are new. In this setting, participants will perceive - correct answer ✔✔the
noise as being less loud when it accompanies the familiar sentences.
Current evidence indicates that patients suffering from Korsakoff's amnesia - correct answer
✔✔have preserved implicit memory despite severe disruption in explicit memory.
In a classic demonstration, Claparède showed that - correct answer ✔✔the behavior of a
Korsakoff 's amnesia patient can be changed by a recent event even though the patient shows
no signs of remembering that event.
