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Cog. Exam 3 part 1

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show superordinate (general) concepts above subordinate (more specific) concepts -cognitive economy: concepts and their properties are stored at the highest level possible (space saving device//ex. store wings, but later associate w/ dove, birds, etc)  
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show further research showed that "frequency of occurrence" (experience) determines associative connections -1st time: Robin flies in yard, notice that Robin's fly -2nd time: already know they fly, now notice red breast *more each time//all link together  
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Results   show
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show -a canary can sing -a canary can fly (2 steps) -a canary has skin  
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category size effect   show
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show -present sentences for confirmation and record reaction time (RT) *key for T/F, record RT  
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TLC: associative network   show
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show ex. does a cricket have skin? *work through levels animal- mammal mammal- K9 k9- golden retriever  
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show Semantic- know George Washington was 1st prez, BUT don't know when I learned that Episodic- describe events  
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1) cognitive economy incorrect   show
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show -computer program: chess playing program-universal translation program -structure/representation: conceptual hierarchy w/ concepts as NODES in an associative network (type)  
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If 2 things co-occur in Working Memory   show
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key points to start   show
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4th function   show
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3rd function   show
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2nd function   show
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show concepts allow the classification of equivalent things as a category (provides stability to our perceptual world)  
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Function of knowledge   show
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goal   show
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show -RT to "Cow is an animal" is faster than for "Cow is a mammal" -sparrow is a bird, than sparrow is an animal  
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show -robin is a more typical bird than a penguin. thus RT is faster for "Robin is a bird" then "Penguin is a bird" -chicken and turkey viewed more as dinner  
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show -knowledge can aid and improve memory but it can also cause distortions and inaccuracies in memory -bc it is so flexible, can't trust human memory bc it adapts to what we want it to be -biased = good thing/ works better for us  
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Scripts   show
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Office Study   show
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Scene Schema   show
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show -the encoding of new info -making inferences -the retrieval of info, relevant to the current situation  
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show -a large body of organized info people have various concepts, events, or knowledge domains *relatively inflexible, we have diff schemas (ex. turn on biology schema in bio class)  
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show North Pacific Indian Folktale -transition from life to death -normalize and rationalize (add info) -if we couldn't rationalize, we omitted it *went from NP Indian Folktale to Western Civ Ghost Story w/ Ghosts and Indians  
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Propositional Network Theories   show
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show refers to the spread of activation that occurs when items are currently or have recently been attended  
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