PSYC 2650 Study Guide - Lexical Decision Task, Implicit Learning, Central Tendency

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2650
• Professor: Dan Meegan

Document Summary

Short answer on lab 5 (fan effect semantic memory) Each concept is represented as a node and each node is connected through interconnections of different strengths. These differences in strengths is due to differences in experience. When a node is activated, it is activated 100% and its activation is spread amongst its nodes (not necessarily evenly! Depends on strength of connections: subthresholds are when the node does not get enough activation to summon attention but thresholds can be added together to form a summation. Evidence for network organization lies in semantic priming: hints. Purpose of hint is to help us remember other material. By activating node from hint, you hope that activation spreads to to-be-remembered material: lexical decision task. Given 2 words and have to ask if both are words. Yes of they are, no for one is or neither are.