PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Path Integration, Symmetry In Biology, Stimulus Modality
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To review experimental evidence for paivio"s dual-coding theory. Dual-coding theory: the theory, that there are two ways of representing events: verbal and non-verbal. An event can be described in words using the verbal system or imagined without words using the non-verbal system the system used depends on the nature of the info. Units that make up the verbal system. Logogens: the units containing the info underlying our use of a word. Operate sequentially, when you listen to a sentence the words are not present all at once. Units that make up the non-verbal system they come one after the other. Imagens: the units containing info that generate mental images. Operate synchronously: the parts they contain are available for inspection. Referential connections the two systems are linked simultaneously. E. g. describing you bedroom when your not there. Concreteness: the degree to which a word refers to something that can be experienced by the.
